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RESEARCHER:		PATRICIA JONES-BOWMAN email:pjb@ornithopter-pilot.com
I was very privileged to be the first test-pilot of the Delaurier/Harris/UTIAS ornithopter C-GPTR from the summer of 1995 until August 10 2001 and carried out all the prototype testing including the first lift-offs and a maximum speed of 56mph.
For an informal account of the testing Click		Click on image for COCKPIT VIDEO RECORDED DURING THE TESTING 7454 Kb © 1999 Patricia Jones-Bowman
AUGUST 2001 UPDATE I resigned as test-pilot of the UTIAS ornithopter in August 2001 after 7 very interesting and distinctly 'lively' years and am now devoting myself full-time to developing an ornithopter of my own design ['Nightingale']
NIGHTINGALE FULL-SIZE PILOTED ORNITHOPTER As Nightingale progresses, details that aren't covered elsewhere on my website will be posted here
FEB 10 2005 UPDATE The full-size, 32 foot wingspan, piloted Nightingale has evolved considerably during the last 4 years and is now an extremely lightweight 4 winger.Flight testing will start in the Spring.   Testing of the 8 feet wingspan proof-of-concept RC test model [see model photo's below ] has been ongoing and various wings. flapping mechanisms, materials and methods have been and are being tested 2013 I'm now concentrating on building the full-size, piloted Nightingale.
'NIGHTINGALE N1 RC TEST MODEL'
Click on image for VIDEO OF SCOTCH YOKE FLAPPING MECHANISM TEST
EXPERIMENTAL FLAPPING WING TEST MODELS
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'BEHEMOTH 4'
			For Behemoth 4 Design Notes CLICK Behemoth 4 Design Notes.PDF For video of Behemoth 4 flapping CLICK Behemoth 4 Flapping For video of Behemoth 4 thrust test CLICK Behemoth 4 Thrust Test
'BEHEMOTH 3'
			For Behemoth 3 ornithopter Design Notes CLICK Behemoth Design Notes.PDF
'BOUDICA 1'
			Boudica 1 Glide test model with adjustable tail. The fully flapping test model [Boudica 2 ] is now under construction

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MECHANISM PJBx1 FLAPPING AND SWEEPING WING MOVEMENT			MECHANISM PJBx1 ANIMATION: CLICK IMAGE BELOW

RESEARCHER:		PATRICK DESHAYE
FLAPPING THRUST UNIT
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For flapping thrust general concept CLICK CONCEPT				Artist's Conception
TEST MODEL BB1			Click on links to view image Photo Of Test Model 2 Flapping Thruster Powered Parawing {Artist's Conception}

RESEARCHER:		JOHN MACK email:johnemack@hotmail.com
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'BRACE' ORNITHOPTER - TEST MODEL
For 'Brace' design details CLICK FlyingBrace.PDF		'BRACE' ORNITHOPTER
LIFE-SIZE DRAGONFLY ORNITHOPTERS
LIFE-SIZE DRAGONFLIES			For Life-size Dragonfly Development Notes CLICK Bitten By A Dragonfly.PDF
JOHN MACK FLYING HIS DRAGONFLY			DRAGONFLY WING FLAPPING MECHANISM
"HOUSE MITES" ORNITHOPTERS [Dragonflies and Butterflies]
"HOUSE MITES" WING FLAPPING MECHANISMS
ASYMMETRIC MECHANISM
"THE CAT'S WHISKERS" ORNITHOPTER
For 'Cat's Whiskers' design details CLICK TheCatsWhiskers.pdf		THE 'CAT'S WHISKERS' ORNITHOPTER
OTHER ORNITHOPTER WING FLAPPING MECHANISMS
			SWASH AMPLITUDE CONTROL MECHANISM
A SLOPING STROKER ORNITHOPTER
SLOPING STROKER IN FLIGHT			For Tandem Sloping Stroker Development Notes CLICK TandemFlightwPics
Asymmetric Flapping Mechanism			WING FLAPPING MECHANISM

Due to space limitations, some items have been removed. The space is needed for manned ornithopter research

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