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Listen: The World ProgramOrnithopter and creator George R. White at Saint Augustine.
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Rear view of the wing-flapping, foot-propelled ornithopter with the inventor, George R. White, at the controls on the beach at St. Augustine. The bird-like glider weighed 118 pounds, was 8 feet in length, and had a wingspan of 29.5 feet. It was made of chrome molybdernum covered with a non-in-flammable transparent celluloid fabric.
It crashed on its first test flight but was later improved.
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