Walker ornithopter

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Страна: Великобритания

Год: 1810

P.Jarrett - Pioneer Aircraft: Early Aviation Before 1914 /Putnam/

Thomas Walker's first design for a flying machine was this human-powered ornithopter of 1810. Figure 3 at bottom right shows the simple model glider he tested.
P.Jarrett - Pioneer Aircraft: Early Aviation Before 1914 /Putnam/

By 1831 Walker had greatly revised his ideas, now proposing a tandem-wing design with pilot-operated flappers.

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