7 references to ancient flight

Submission day, and another post from my dad :D

1. In 1766 BC the Emperor Cheng Tang apparently had a flying craft built.
2. The Babylonian "Epic of Etana." describes a prehistoric flight in a cuneiform fragment dating back to a period between 3,000 and 2,400 B.C.
3. In the 3rd century BC the Chinese poet Chu Yun made a detailed aerial survey of the Gobi desert. He praised the durability of his craft.
4. Written records of oral traditions from Nepal mention powered flight. The secrets were known only to the Yavanas.
5. The sacred Hindu book, the Samaranga Sutradhara, contains over 200 hundred stanzas concerning almost every aspect of flying.
6. The Columbian 'plane': Considered to be well over a thousand years old, is a small gold model 'aircraft' identical in design to a modern jet.
7. The Indian sacred scriptures The Vimana's make numerous references to flight.