Jan Wnęk

A wing and a prayer: new documentary delves into the life of a flying Pole who may have taken to the skies long before anyone else

Jan Wnęk. There are stories of him gliding several kilometres. Kauczuk/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license

The aerial adventures of 19th-century bird-man Jan Wnęk drew large crowds but did he or didn’t he actually manage to glide long distances?

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