da vinci history the worlds smallest ornithopter

ornithopter (from Greek ornithos “bird“ and pteron “wing“) An aircraft that flies by flapping its wings. In 1505 Leonardo da Vinci put together the codex on the flight of birds, It was a collection of observations about the flight. It also showed plans for some of the first ornithopters ever conceived. He built a number of these aircraft and attempted to fly them near Florence without much success. However In 2005 one of his gliders was successfully built and flown for a television series called Leonard