How to tame an ornithopter

While jet propulsion still lay far beyond the horizon , inventors were brainstorming ways to apply raw human strength and replicate the prototypes found in nature — namely the wings of birds and insects. Volodymyr Yakovenko has not heard of any other inventors working on ornithopters in Ukraine. About five years ago, he was in touch with a group of Russian inventors and corresponded with the Canadians famous for the longest ornithopter flight in history.

Source: ukrainer.net