11 Gorgeous Collectible Cards of Flying Machines From Over a Century Ago
Image: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group (Getty Images)While most of the cards featured flying machines from the 19th century and early 20th, there was one card that featured a brave soul from the 17th century. Besnier, a single-named French locksmith, was apparently obsessed with building different building flying machines, and the card above shows Besnier’s attempt at flight in 1678. A book from 1907 described the contraption this way:He laid over each shoulder a rod, provided at each end with a…