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Air travel was seen as a maybe but the first successful powered flight has not yet happened By 1900 there had been several successful experimental airships, an
by rrreese 14y ago
Air travel was seen as a maybe but the first successful powered flight has not yet happened
By 1900 there had been several successful experimental airships, and in 1900 the Luftschiff Zeppelin LZ1 launched. It would be another three years before the Wright Flyer flew though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship#Early_pioneers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship#Early_pioneers
- dspillett 14y agoAh, for some reason I had my history backwards and thought successful winged flight attempts came before Zeppelins had seen that much success. Thanks for the correction.