Ornithopter Collection

Victorian ornithopter with James Bell Pettigrew, Professor at the University of St Andrews. c.late 1800s

The ornithopter flying fox design of Major R F Moore u
The ornithopter flying fox design of Major R.F. Moore under test. Each bat-pattern wing (7 feet span) was flapped on a test rig powered by a gas engine

Emiel Hartman crashes in his man-powered ornithopter at Cranfield, Bedfordshire. 4 November 1959

Emiel Hartman flying his man-powered ornithopter at Cranfield, Bedfordshire. 30 October 1959

Emiel Hartman in the cockpit of his man-powered ornithopter at Cranfield, Bedfordshire. c.October 1959

Frost ornithopter 1905
Frost ornithopter, 1905. Date: 1905

Thomas Walkers proposed ornithopter from A Treatise upon the Art of Flying. 1810

Sketch of the car for an ornithopter showing the flappers
Sketch of the car for an ornithopter, showing the flapper transmission and the seat and foot-rest for the pilot. 1808. From Cayleys original notebook

First design for an ornithopter showing the flappers
First design for an ornithopter, showing the flappers in the down-position and the counterpoises (above) in the up-position. 1808. From Cayleys original notebook

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