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by simonster 2643 days ago
Schmidhuber's take on the Wright brothers:

https://www.nature.com/articles/421689c

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00491-5
1 comments
jessriedel 2643 days ago
> In 1890 Clément Ader made the first manned, powered, heavier-than-air flight, of 50 m, in his bat-winged monoplane.

Seems disingenuous to not mention that this device only worked due to ground effects and "flew" 8 inches off the ground (according to Wikipedia).

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