The machines of Leonardo da Vinci. Flying machine

The book that explains the secrets of flight, from Leonardo’s studies and his drawings, to the models of flying machines.

For us today, it is quite natural to get on a plane and cross great distances; but this is a possibility we have only recently acquired! In the past, man has always cultivated the dream of flying, and even the great Leonardo da Vinci, genius of the Renaissance, attempted to realize this aspiration. By observing the flight of birds, Leonardo studied the movements of wings and designed extraordinary flying machines incredibly similar to hang gliders, helicopters and even modern airplanes! Build the models of the ornithopter and the aerial screw, then read the book and discover all the secrets of the flight!

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