Table of Flying Machines
Literature, Designs only:
| Designer/maker | Nationality | Title or specialty | Year | Status/Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Bacon | British | Secrets of Art and Nature | c. 1250 | ornithopter design |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Italian | The Ornithopter | c. 1490 | design, literature |
| Emanuel Swedenborg | Swedish | Flying Machine | 1714 | design, literature |
| Sir George Cayley | British | On Aerial Navigation | 1809–1810 | Technical literature. This work laid the ground rules for all later aircraft |
| Le Comte Ferdinand Charles Honore Phillipe d'Esterno | On The Flight Of Birds (Du Vol des Oiseaux) | 1864 | technical literature | |
| Louis Pierre Mouillard | French | The Empire Of The Air (L'Empire de L'Air) | 1865 | literature |
| Otto Lilienthal | German | Birdflight as the Basis of Aviation (Der Vogelflug als Grundlage der Fliegekunst) | 1889 | literature |
| James Means | American | The Problem of Manflight, Aeronautical Annual | 1894–1897 | literature |
| Octave Chanute | American (born in France) | Progress in Flying Machines | 1894 | His technical articles collected in a book |
| Wilbur Wright | American | Some Aeronautical Experiments | 1901 | Published speech to Western Society of Engineers, Chicago |
| Martin Wiberg | Swedish | "Luftmaskin" | 1903 | Received a patent for a design powered by a liquid fuel rocket |
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