Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Jan Wnęk (1828 – July 10, 1869) was a Polish carver of religious statues who is claimed to have constructed and flown a glider (aircraft) in the 1860s, predating the flights of Otto Lilienthal. There is a speculative 'reconstruction' of Wneks glider in the Kraków Museum of Ethnography.Jan Wnek was born in Kaczówki near Dabrowa Tarnowska. He was the son of a serf and received no formal education., but was trained as a carpenter.. }
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- Jan_Wnęk comment "Jan Wnęk (1828 – July 10, 1869) was a Polish carver of religious statues who is claimed to have constructed and flown a glider (aircraft) in the 1860s, predating the flights of Otto Lilienthal. There is a speculative 'reconstruction' of Wneks glider in the Kraków Museum of Ethnography.Jan Wnek was born in Kaczówki near Dabrowa Tarnowska. He was the son of a serf and received no formal education., but was trained as a carpenter.".