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Dec 26 • 09:24 UTC • 🇸🇰 Slovakia • Postoj

Personalities of Slovak Science and Technology / Ján Bahýľ and His Flying Machine

In May 1905, Ján Bahýľ made the first documented flight of a helicopter powered by an internal combustion engine, achieving a remarkable distance of 1500 meters at a height of about four meters.

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