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Not Enabled Word Wise: Hailing from upstate New York, Cameron Wade is a freelance writer interested in movies, video games, comic books and more. You can find his work at protogeektheblog. Share Tweet Submit Pin. Birds are a natural inspiration for heavier-than-air flight, but later aviators would discard the notion of copying their structure and mechanics because of the constrictions it places on the machine, namely, the amount of energy it requires and the amount of weight it forbids.
The flight, which was recorded by famed French philosopher Rousseau in his Revue de la Normandie , appeared to be going well until the Marquis was about halfway over the river. He reportedly began to waver, possibly due to the wind, fell to the deck of a boat on the river, and broke one of his legs.
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Le Bris took his Albatross to a beach and, using a horse and cart to get up to speed, flew for feet and reached a height of up to feet, the first time a heavier-than-air craft flew higher than its original point of departure. On his second flight, the Albatross reportedly crashed and Le Bris broke his leg.
In , Maxim used part of his fortune to build an airplane test rig that had six tiers of detachable wings, a foot wingspan, two steam engines and two propellers, each over 17 feet long. The test rig was never meant to actually fly and was locked onto an 1,foot long track. Maxim intended for it to test the effects of lift on different wing shapes and configurations.
During its third test in , the 7, pound rig, with Maxim and three others on board, broke free of its track flying yards at 38 miles per hour and just a few feet above the ground, before it crashed back down again. This success attracted the interest of the French minister of war who backed the development of Ader's third flying machine, the Avion III.
Like his previous machines, the Avion III was modeled on bats, with a foot wingspan, a rudimentary rudder and two propellers each powered by a steam engine. In , the machine was tested on a circular track, but during its first attempted flight, it was caught by the wind, pushed off the track, and crashed.