[oxcart]

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[oxcart]

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

I want to see one flown by a man.

[cripplecreek]

Think I'll stick with the fixed wing thanx.

[SandRat]

Flapper Project

DAVID COOPER / TORONTO STAR

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A flapping wing plane flew for the first time Saturday morning at Downsview. Piloted by Jack Sanderson, it managed to stay in the air for 14 seconds before a crosswind caused it to bank over and crash back onto the runway here.

 

[OSHA]

I guess the feather boa helps.

[LizardQueen]

I just love inventors who get fixated on something like this. The world would be a much less interesting place without people like this working on an impractical dream for 30 years. More power to them!

LQ

[figgers3036]

Oh, very cool. Surely not practical right now, but still interesting. Who knows where it'll lead?

[U S Army EOD]

Doesn't a helicopter also beat the air into submission?

[goldstategop]

Its a stupendous achievement. We've had fixed wing flight but to fly like the birds do is truly a leap forward. It brings to mind the Robert Browing verse that's a sentimental favorite of mine to quote at a time like this: "If a man's reach should ne'er exceed his grasp, then what's a heaven for?" May we have many more breakthroughs like this one!

(The Palestinian terrorist regime is the crisis and Israel's fist is the answer.)

[Jotmo]

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