ANCIENT AEROPLANES Flight has been the dream of mankind since they watched in awe as birds flew effortlessly through the sky. But it was not until 1780 that two Frenchmen achieved lighter-than-air flight when they were lifted into the air in a hot air balloon near Paris . It was not until the Wright brothers made their first successful manned flights at Kitty Hawk in 1903 that powered flight became a reality with the invention of manned aeroplane. Some researchers believe there are evidences to suggest that humans achieved flight earlier in history - much earlier... so early, they say, that the knowledge of this technology has been lost and ancient stories that recount adventures of human flight have been relegated only to myth. Is it possible that humans developed the technology to fly in early civilizations - or in civilizations that are now lost to history? The Wright brothers demonstrated on December 17, 1903, that it was possible for a ‘manned h