Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
ornithopter
Introduction References & Edit History Related Topics
Images
Leonardo da Vinci: Ornithopter
Quizzes
NASA's Reduced Gravity Program provides the unique weightless or zero-G environment of space flight for testing and training of human and hardware reactions. NASA used the turbojet KC-135A to run these parabolic flights from 1963 to 2004.
Man-Made Birds in the Sky
ornithopter. Airplane and Aircraft. 3D illustration of Leonardo da Vinci's plans for an ornithopter, a flying machine kept aloft by the beating of its wings; about 1490.
Inventions: From Bayonets to Jet Engines

ornithopter: References & Edit History

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

  • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
    Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors.

Other Encyclopedia Britannica Contributors

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Deleted Web site: Real Future of Yours Fly MechProperty. May 01, 2013
Add new Web site: Ornithopter Zone - Ornithopter. Nov 19, 2010
New article added. Mar 16, 2007
View Changes:
Article History
Revised:
By: