Full title: The earliest account of successful human flight is of a Chinese prince, who in 559 was forced to jump off a tower, strapped to a large kite. He survived the ordeal after gliding a considerable distance, and was subsequently starved to death in prison.
citation, link, name of prince, anything
https://medium.com/@laurenhunterbabump/a-case-study-in-stress-and-freedom-an-analysis-of-the-yuan-huangtou-元黄头-narrative-fe2988db6f4d
The person who originally shared this on Reddit had a link in the comments that ‘op’ didn’t copy over.