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The Kress Drachenflieger (German: Dragon-flier) was an experimental aircraft constructed in Austria-Hungary in 1901. While taxiing trials proved successful the aircraft lacked sufficient power to fly and was wrecked in the course of testing on 3 October.It was built by Wilhelm Kress with the assistance of a 5000-krone grant from Emperor Franz Josef in an attempt to create the first heavier-than-air flying machine.