“Only nine years before the Wright brothers’ famous first flight, Hargrave lifted himself 4.9 metres (16 feet) off the ground in a swing attached to a series of connected box kites that he designed. When a drawing of this momentous feat was circulated in newspapers around the globe, the starting gun was fired and the race for powered flight began in earnest!” RaceDrawingNewspapersFlightWright BrothersBox KitesHargraveLawrence HargravePowered FlightStarting Gun Book:CopyCat: How to Escape Status Quo Thinking and Lead the Field Source: CopyCat: How to Escape Status Quo Thinking and Lead the Field