Description: website of Patricia Jones-Bowman, designer of Nightingale ornithopter [flapping wing aircraft] and ornithopter test-pilot. Goal: To conduct research in the field of flapping flight and to be the first to achieve sustained flapping wing flight in a full-scale,piloted, engine-powered ornithopter.
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ornithopter-pilot.com Website of Patricia Jones-Bowman. email: [email protected]
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UPDATE JULY 2021 Progress on Nightingale so far. Tailboom and empennage almost finished Fuselage completely redesigned and construction almost finished Instrument panel finished and instruments mounted Landing gear finished Beak finished [every ornithopter should have a beak !] - it contains the pitot/static probes and accelerometer etc. Flapping mechanism almost finished. Speed reduction unit finished Engine mounted. I'll post photo's and video of the full-size, manned 34 foot wingspan Nightingale N2 when