Complex sentence: The two achieved popular attention, nonetheless, as Stringfellow did achieve the first powered flight, in 1848, in a disused lace factory in Chard, with a 10 foot (30.5 cm), steam-driven flying machine.
Split into simpler sentences: The two achieved popular attention, nonetheless, as Stringfellow did achieve the first powered flight, in 1848, in a disused lace factory in Chard. It was a 10 foot (30.5 cm), steam-driven flying machine.