Teen biz flies high. (Physical News).(Sean Frawley and Dan Getz create Ornithopter Technologies)

From: Science World | Date: September 27, 2002| Author: Winerman, Lea | Copyright information

High school pals Sean Frawley and Dan Getz share a passion for flying machines. But when they wanted to craft a toy ornithopter, a contraption that flies by flapping its wings, they found few build-it-yourself kits available. Far from discouraged, the Warwick Valley High students in Warwick, N.Y., spied a business opportunity: They invented their own ornithopter kit--based on a design by a 19th century French inventor--and launched the online Ornithopter Technologies. "I've always ...

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