First pedal-powered ornithopter flies in Ontario
Engineering students and teachers at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies have finally fulfilled Leonardo da Vinci's vision of an ornithopter, an aircraft, powered by a human pilot's muscles, which flies by flapping its wings. Unmanned ornithopters have already been used for practical reasons and by hobbyists, but having a person power the whole contraption was a much higher level of difficulty. The wing span of this ornithopter is said to rival that of a 747.
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