Pichancourt

In 1889; Pichancourt (first name is not known) developed the L'Oiseau Mechanique ( Mechanical Bird) which aimed to imitate the motion of a bird's wings in flight.

Image:pichancourt-flyingbird.jpg, Mechanical Bird 1889

References

* Chanute, Octave, ''Progress in Flying Machines'', Dover, 1894 (reprinted 1998),

19th-century French inventors

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