Many people thinking of flight looked at birds and assumed that what was needed was a wing flapping craft.
I think it is hard to see how such a craft could be constructed with pre 1900 materials but it was not necassarily impossible.
If this had happened I wonder if it buttflies out the Wright concept and heavier than air flight might remain a very exotic form of travel.
I think it is hard to see how such a craft could be constructed with pre 1900 materials but it was not necassarily impossible.
If this had happened I wonder if it buttflies out the Wright concept and heavier than air flight might remain a very exotic form of travel.