Flight Through the Ages

la grande uccello piglierà il primo volo

The series · from sketch to supersonic

Prologue · 400 BC – 1010 AD

Next · Florence, c. 1488
Leonardo’s Ornithopter

Chapter I · Florence, c. 1488

The dream of flight

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On the ramp

Dashed arrow: where you are actually going

Pilot's strength

Wing stress

Space flap · W/↑ nose down · S/↓ nose up · A D tilt to turn · drag to look around · V reset view · C camera · R restart

Monte Ceceri, above Fiesole

On the launch ramp

Your assistants will run the machine down the ramp and let go. Keep the close to the horizon to . Hold Space (or Flap) to beat the wings, but your legs tire fast. Pull up too hard and you will or snap the wings.

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Hold at 40 m

Hold Space to pull the string · let go to let out line · A D steer · drag to look around · V reset view

Córdoba, c. 875

Flight Through the Ages

The dream of flight

On the launch ramp

Fit the wings

Take a breath

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