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B201 Quest for Flight
   This title shows the many steps that led to the Wright Brothers first flight.  It shows and explains many of the ideas, theories, discoveries and inventions. It also contains information on engineering pioneers Cayley, Chanute, Hargrave and the Wright Brothers.
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1852 Giffard Airship - First controlled flight

1890 Eole Monoplane - FIrst "Hop"

1906 Santos Dumont - First Ailerons