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The history of flight generally begans with the first flight in 1903. Many attemps by thousands of brillant minds tried but as of December 17th 1903 two brothers, the Wright brothers, suceeded. One person to try to fly was George Cayley. In 1835 he launched a coachmen into flight. The only thing it was not powered, it was a glider. Cayley contributed greatly to aeronautics, discovering the forces of lift, drag and thrust. Jonh Stringfellow, sucessfully flew a steam-powered monoplane in 1846. This was considered to be one of the first engine-driven flights. Harium Maxim invented a biplane. Which he launched but was not sucessful. The Wright brothers had every part of their experiments recorded on photographs. The Wright brothers then persauded an employ from a nearby store to