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Spring-Heeled Jack winged monsterWinged man-monster who terrified residents of Blackheath and other London suburbs from 1837 for many years but was never caught Date: 1830s
Goya BirdmenMODO DE VOLAR One of Goyas many etchings depicting winged people, this is the most realistic, with wings large enough to be aerodynamically viable
Lilienthal AirborneOtto LILIENTHAL in flight on hill near Ruthenow/Neustadt, Germany
Sohns DeviceAt Daytona Beach, Florida, American birdman CLEM SOHN leaves a plane at 4000 metres, and glides to 700 metres before opening his parachute
Frost OrnithopterMr Edward Purkis with a Frost Ornithopter in 1877 Date: 1877
Lilienthal in FlightOtto LILIENTHAL in flight on hill near Ruthenow/Neustadt, Germany
Flying Machine Inventor Unknown 1877 1877
Balston Ornithopter Around 1908 in the UK Date: 1908
Mr E Wilson with Two Pettigrew Wing Type Ornithopters ?Mr E Wilson with Two Pettigrew Wing Type Ornithopters Around 1905 Date: 1905
Mr E Wilson with a Pettigrew Wing Type Ornithopter Sus?Mr E Wilson with a Pettigrew Wing Type Ornithopter Suspended from a Specially Erected Scaffold Launch Tower, Caption Reads
Major Bfs Baden Powell and His Flying Wing Ornithopter i?Major Bfs Baden Powell and His Flying Wing Ornithopter in the Mid to Late 1890S Date: 1890s
Mr Dubois with His Ornithopter at the Concours Lepine, F?Mr Dubois with His Ornithopter at the Concours Lepine, France in the 1930S Date: 1930s
Bacqueville 1742The marquis de BACQUEVILLE attempts to fly across the Seine at Paris; initially successful, he gets into difficulties, falls on a boat and breaks his leg Date: 1742
De Groofs Fatal CrashDE GROOFs device is launched from a balloon over Cremorne Gardens, London. Unfortunately, something goes terribly wrong, and he plunges fatally to the ground. Date: 9 July 1874
De Sandervals ProjectDe Sandervals project : the engraving shows him in a state of suspension - did he ever get it off the ground ? Date: 1873
Degen at GreenwichThe Aerial Man - the device is similar to Degen s, so this may be he - but did he actually fly over Greenwich Park ? We need to know more
Lilienthal PortraitOtto LILIENTHAL, German birdman
Restif - ElephantmenLES HOMMES-ELEFANS: Elephant-Men discovered by the flying men in the southern hemisphere
Pulain Manpowered 1921At Longchamps, Paris, cyclist Pulain attempts to win the Prix Peugeot for a successful man-powered flight
Manpowered Project 1922A grinning cyclist tries to get his glider airborne at the Parc des Princes stadium, Paris - but his wing is woefully inadequate to carry so much weight
LEGAY AVIETTE 1920Competing for the Prix Peugeot at Longchamps, Paris, is the man-powered aviette of Legay, piloted by Jacques Noel who must pedal furiously to turn those twin propellers
Degens Design / ColourJacob Degens flapping wings design
Leturrs Birdman ProjectLeturr cleverly solves the problem of getting airborne by releasing himself from a balloon : alas, his design is not so clever, and he plunges fatally to the ground
Wilkins BirdwomanGAIVRY, THE FLYING GIRL with her wings outstretched, ready to fly
Wilkins BirdmenGLUM, THE FLYING MAN his clothing opens out to make wings - see companion picture of GAIVRY the Flying Girl
Le Besniers DeviceLE BESNIER, of Sable, France, could not rise from the ground, but launched from a height could cross a river with his flapping paddles
Size of Wings NeededTo support the weight of a man, 45 square metres of wing surface would be required
Using SpringboardsA new sport in California - birdmen launch themselves from high springboards
Wechmar DeviceFlying man project of Herr WECHMAR, of Austria
Quimby DeviceFlying man project of Mr QUIMBY of Wilmington, Delaware (USA)
Capretti DeviceCAPRETTIs flying-man project, Milano, Italy
De Groof AccidentDE GROOF launches himself from a balloon over Cremorne Gardens, London, but his device lets him down... fatally
The Flying ManTHE FLYING MAN a proposal from the Napoleonic era
Birdman fails to fly at Frankfurt, but survives accident
