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0:53 Flight #7, August 2nd, 2010 OrnithopterProject 90,050 views 2 years ago Last flight of the day, August 2nd, 2010. The loud snap is the breaking of the main drive wire under 800 lbs of load. Fortunately the pulleys retained the wires and the win...
0:57 Flight #6, August 2nd, 2010 OrnithopterProject 25,381 views 2 years ago Sixth flight of the day, August 2nd, 2010. Dave Wright courageously drags behind a tow car in a kayak. A tailwind makes takeoff difficult and the flight is aborted. The ...
0:54 Flight #5, August 2nd, 2010 OrnithopterProject 6,493 views 2 years ago Fifth flight of the day, August 2nd, 2010. The Snowbird was designed and constructed by a team of students from the University of Toronto. On August 2nd 2010 it sustaine...
1:08 Flight #4, August 2nd, 2010 OrnithopterProject 2,003 views 2 years ago Fourth flight of the day, August 2nd, 2010. The Snowbird was designed and constructed by a team of students from the University of Toronto. On August 2nd 2010 it sustain...
0:21 Setting up, August 2nd, 2010 OrnithopterProject 1,121 views 2 years ago Setting up the tow car before the 4th flight on August 2nd, 2010. The Snowbird was designed and constructed by a team of students from the University of Toronto. On Augu...
0:45 Flight #3, August 2nd, 2010 OrnithopterProject 2,145 views 2 years ago Third flight of the day, August 2nd, 2010. The Snowbird was designed and constructed by a team of students from the University of Toronto. On August 2nd 2010 it sustaine...
1:05 Flight #2, August 2nd, 2010 OrnithopterProject 6,756 views 2 years ago The second flight of the day, August 2nd, 2010. The Snowbird was designed and constructed by a team of students from the University of Toronto. On August 2nd 2010 it sus...
1:06 Flight #1, August 2nd, 2010 OrnithopterProject 20,673 views 2 years ago A different camera angle on the first and best flight of the day on August 2nd, 2010. The Snowbird was designed and constructed by a team of students from the Universit...
0:28 First Liftoff of the Snowbird OrnithopterProject 7,697 views 2 years ago On October 12, 2009 the Snowbird lifted off for the first time, beginning it's extensive series of flight tests that would culminate in a 19.3 second sustained flight in 20...
0:24 2009 Crash OrnithopterProject 26,471 views 2 years ago Near the end of the 2009 testing season the Snowbird Human-Powered Ornithopter sustained a major crash when the main drive tube fractured in mid air. With vigour the aircra...

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The Snowbird Human-Powered Ornithopter was designed and constructed by a team of students from the University of Toronto. On August 2nd 2010 it sustained level flight for 19.3 seconds, becoming the world's first successful human-powered ornithopter.

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