Bronze model of the first craft to achieve 'powered flight'
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Bronze model of the first craft to achieve 'powered flight'
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 26 Dec 2013
This statue/sculpture in Chard is a bronze model of the first device to achieve 'powered flight' in 1848. Designed by John Stringfellow of Chard (1799-1883). However, modern authors are inclined to state that the flight was neither sustained or controlled and did not count as being a true flight in the meaning of the word.
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