flight is likely to be one of the oldest dreams endeared by humankind, and throughout the ages several efforts were made in order to accomplish it - this eventually lead to the creation of large balloons and gliders used in the 19th century and the aircraft in the 20th century.

aerodynamic flight, without bulky technology, was extremely hard to accomplish - the possibility of flying with one's own body took a little more time to come by. a sensation of flying is somewhat felt by skydivers but true flight came with the invention of the wingsuit. in 1930 the los angeles native rex g. finney attempted to develop a suit with wings linking his arms to his torso, a layout similar to a flying squirrel, but the technology was not deemed safe.