Photos: Flapping like a mallard
No jet engine, no propeller. This ornithopter is designed to fly by flapping its wings.
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No jet engine, no propeller. This ornithopter, designed by James DeLaurier and researchers at the University of Toronto's Institute for Aerospace Studies, is designed to fly by flapping its wings.
Photos: Flapping like a mallard
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DeLaurier's ornithopter rests in a hangar alongside fixed-wing aircraft.
Photos: Flapping like a mallard
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A museum model based on sketches by Leonardo da Vinci.
Photos: Flapping like a mallard
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DeLaurier and his graduate students pose in front of their flying machine.