Attempts at Flight 1595-1781

Veranzio's Parachute (c.1595)

Francesco de Lana's Airship (1670)
Besnier's Wings (1678)
De Gusmao's Passarola (1709)
Bacqueville's Wings (1742)

Bauer's Flying Machine (1764)

Meerwein's Glider-ornithopter (1781)

Blanchard's Airship (1781)