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Walker ornithopter

Страна: Великобритания

Год: 1810

W.F. & E. - biplane - 1914 - Великобритания<– –>Wallbro - monoplane - 1910 - Великобритания

P.Jarrett - Pioneer Aircraft: Early Aviation Before 1914 /Putnam/
Thomas Walker's first design for a flying machine was this human-powered ornithopter of 1810. Figure 3 at bottom right shows the simple model glider he tested.
P.Jarrett - Pioneer Aircraft: Early Aviation Before 1914 /Putnam/
By 1831 Walker had greatly revised his ideas, now proposing a tandem-wing design with pilot-operated flappers.