If jumping off a cliff (or a steep dune, like the wright brothers did) counts as flying, then it's been done many times before mankind, even. The first actual

If jumping off a cliff (or a steep dune, like the wright brothers did) counts as flying, then it's been done many times before mankind, even. The first actual flight, with the aeroplane taking off and flying instead of a human jumping off a cliff/dune, was Vuia's. You cherry picked the wrong quote, read the entire articles.