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Leonardo da Vinci's Flying Machine Kit "The best and most thrillingPainter, architect, scientist, inventor Leonardo da Vinci ranks as history's consummate innovator. Consumed with a boundless desire for knowledge, he investigated technical challenges that were hundreds of years ahead of his time. The power of flight was a particular source of fascination for him, and his close studies of bird anatomy and movement informed his development of the ornithopter a winged, human powered aircraft. With Leonardo's da Vinci's