Also known as the Kreß (Kress) Drachenflieger, the Kreß Flugapparat 3-wing-in-tandem flying boat of 1901 was an effort of Austrian Wilhelm Kreß and only fell short of actually flying because of a too weak an engine.
Kreß himself, then already at advanced age, intended to test fly the machine on October 3, 1901 but the machine capsized and sank in the Wienerwaldsee-Untertullnerbach.
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