Full title: The earliest account of successful human flight is of a Chinese prince, who in 559 was forced to jump off a tower, strapped to a large kite. He survived the ordeal after gliding a considerable distance, and was subsequently starved to death in prison.
citation, link, name of prince, anything
That's not flying! That's falling with style!
Chinese were creative with their punishments
First known hang-glider?
The way this article rambles repetitively puts me in mind of high school research reports with minimum word counts.
I think Mythbusters tried this.
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