It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's an ornithopter designed by Leonardo da Vinci.(General News) From: The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) | Date: August 6, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 The Register Guard. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard

EVERGREEN AVIATION MUSEUM

McMINNVILLE - Now here's a "da Vinci Code" that someone from Oregon cracked.

And, in theory, it can fly. Like a bat.

Ken Spence of Bend researched 500-year-old drawings of Leonardo da Vinci's "ornithopter," a full-scale, birdlike flying machine the Italian genius drew up on paper but apparently never constructed.

In fact, Spence, a creative development consultant for aviation-related models and museums, may be the first man in history to build it.

And you can see it on display through ...

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