Da Vinci's flying machine. Model of a flying machine designed by Leonardo da Vinci. This is an ornithopter, an aircraft that flies by flapping its win

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Da Vinci's flying machine. Model of a flying machine designed by Leonardo da Vinci. This is an ornithopter, an aircraft that flies by flapping its wings. This model is from Clos Luce, a mansion in Amboise, France, where Da Vinci spent the last three years of his life.

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