From the Library of Congress:
Pictorial letter sheet shows British inventor William Samuel Henson’s proposed steam powered flying machine in an imaginary flight over the Thames River, London, 1843. Attempts to fly a model of the aerial steam carriage were not successful.
+ Source: The Aerial Steam Carriage :: Library of Congress
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