If only we could fly....

Sheet 'Music Flying Machine Waltz', n.d.
London, Eng.: Frank Dean & Co
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Leonardo da Vinci ca. 1485
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Leonardo Design for a Flying Machine, ca. 1505
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Besnier the locksmith managed to fly short
distances with his design...in 1673
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'God denied to men the faculty of flight so th­a­t they might
lead a quiet and tran­quil life for if they knew how to fly
they would always be in perpetual danger'.

Juan Caramuel y Lobkovitz (1606-1682)

An illustration depicting the Marquis de Bacqueville's
attempted flight across the Seine, 1742,the moment before
he plunged on top of the deck of a barge and broke his leg
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Flying Machine, ca. 1900

Paleo-Future Wallpaper


I Miss you Miss America poster
New York, NY Joseph W. Stern & Co., 1916
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A flying machine, ca 1900
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'when will pigs fly...' ;O)
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...a with a little help from an angry elephant...
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Oct. 15, 1783 marked the day of the first
ascent in a balloon by a human being…
oh, Oct. 15...that's in a few days ;O)
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Sailing in my Balloon
New York, NY Francis, Day and Hunter, 1907
for voice and piano
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Screenshot from Studio ghibli short animation film
'Kūsō no Sora Tobu Kikaitachi'/'Imaginary Flying Machines'
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