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Paper planes or aeroplanes?
The paper plane is such a simple design I can't believe someone didn't fold a piece of paper hundreds of years ago.


 
Posted : 01/02/2015 1:33 pm
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Posted : 01/02/2015 1:34 pm
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Paper treadmills, oobviously.


 
Posted : 01/02/2015 1:42 pm
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Or gold ones?

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Made by the Quimbaya in what is now Columbia and estimated to be at least 1000 years old.


 
Posted : 01/02/2015 3:07 pm
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Watch james mays glider special they found paper darts and planes in the rafters of a school that pre dated maned flight by a bit.


 
Posted : 01/02/2015 3:25 pm
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How about an 11thC glider?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eilmer_of_Malmesbury


 
Posted : 01/02/2015 6:12 pm
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First kites were 5th Century BC


 
Posted : 01/02/2015 6:13 pm

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