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Flight #7, August 2nd, 2010
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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...
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Flight #6, August 2nd, 2010
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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.
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Flight #5, August 2nd, 2010
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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...
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Flight #4, August 2nd, 2010
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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...
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Setting up, August 2nd, 2010
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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...
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Flight #3, August 2nd, 2010
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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...
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Flight #2, August 2nd, 2010
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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...
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Flight #1, August 2nd, 2010
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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...
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First Liftoff of the Snowbird
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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...
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2009 Crash
OrnithopterProject
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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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