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Leonardo da Vinci's Glider and Parachute Idea

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Leonardo da Vinci, the great Italian artist and scientist, who lived in the fifteenth century, spent years experimenting with the idea of flying. He made a number of sketches of wings to be fitted to the arms and legs of man. His plan for a parachute was soundly worked out and his idea that the wings of a flying machine should be patterned after the wings of the bat found expression in the doped fabric covering of our early airplanes.

Author
The Story of American Aviation
By James G. Ray
Published in 1946
Available from gutenberg.org
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