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TIL that in 1878, a 96-pound machinist flew a hand-cranked hydrogen airship, then repaired its propeller with a pocketknife while dangling 3,000 feet in the air. [Source]

Smithsonian Magazine

Twenty-Five Years Before the Wright Brothers Took to the Skies, This Flying Machine Captivated America

First exhibited in 1878, Charles F. Ritchel's dirigible was about as wacky, dangerous and impractical as any airship ever launched

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