Full title: The earliest account of successful human flight is of a Chinese prince, who in 559 was forced to jump off a tower, strapped to a large kite. He survived the ordeal after gliding a considerable distance, and was subsequently starved to death in prison.
The earliest account of successful human flight is of a Chinese prince, who in 559 was forced to jump off a tower, strapped to a large kite. He survived the ordeal after gliding a considerable distan…
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aaa999@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 4d
citation, link, name of prince, anything
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social · 15 pts · 4d
https://medium.com/@laurenhunterbabump/a-case-study-in-stress-and-freedom-an-analysis-of-the-yuan-huangtou-%E5%85%83%E9%BB%84%E5%A4%B4-narrative-fe2988db6f4d
The person who originally shared this on Reddit had a link in the comments that ‘op’ didn’t copy over.
ICastFist@programming.dev · 14 pts · 4d
That's not flying! That's falling with style!
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 4d
I told my kids, "jumping from a high place doesn't count. It's only flying if you start from the ground." Did that prevent them jumping off a roof and breaking a limb? Maybe. Or they just weren't stupid. Anyway they survived to adulthood without broken bones.
trolololol@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 4d
I'd go further and say you must start from a standing position. Or else I can prove rocks can fly.
Addressed to those murican brothers. Signed: a Brazilian fan of Santos Dumont.
Zarobi@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3d
Standing on a catapult. Checkmate, aviasts
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3d
Agreed except:
Waterfowl often take off from a floating position
Bats from a hanging position
Natanael@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 3d
Doable with a large kite. Proper flight should be controllable
expatriado@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 4d
Chinese were creative with their punishments
Maeve@kbin.earth · 5 pts · 4d
First known hang-glider?
LoonyLenny@lemdro.id · 3 pts · 4d
I think Mythbusters tried this.
Smeagol666@crazypeople.online · 2 pts · 3d
The way this article rambles repetitively puts me in mind of high school research reports with minimum word counts.