December 4, 2004
Plane that flies by flapping its wings to launch next April
Canadian scientist James DeLaurier has spent the past 35 years building models and prototypes of winged airplanes—orithopters—based on DaVinci’s plans for a plane that rose into the air by flapping its wings. Now his full-size winged plane—the first of its kind—is scheduled to launch next April from a Downsview, Ontario airstrip, with pilot on board. Fellow aerospace enthusiasts are thrilled, but what gets our attention is that DeLaurier seems like a fellow obsessive—as cellphone-trading, digital camera-swapping, chip-upgrading, laptop-testing gearheads, hey, we can relate.
via: Engadget - www.engadget.com
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I have to get one of these!!! The damn thing flies!!!
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