it's an enormous leap (pardon the pun) from a guy fluttering down from a height, and living to tell the tale, to controlled and sustained heavier than air flight.
The Chinese were messing with kites thousands of years ago. And a bunch of high-school kids could probably make a man-carrying kite. I think there's a strong possibility that China put people in kites. But that's not flying, nor is a hot air balloon flying.
The Chinese were messing with kites thousands of years ago. And a bunch of high-school kids could probably make a man-carrying kite. I think there's a strong possibility that China put people in kites. But that's not flying, nor is a hot air balloon flying.
, fl. 800 BC)[1] was an ancient Indian surgeon and is the author of the book Sushruta Samhita, in which he describes over 300 surgical procedures and 120 surgical instruments and classifies human surgery in eight categories. He lived, taught and practiced his art on the banks of the Ganges in the area that corresponds to the present day city of Varanasi in North India.