News, Tiny helicopter to fly over da Vinci's birthplace.

[JD59]

TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A Japanese man who developed the world's smallest helicopter will take flight in the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci in tribute to the Renaissance genius' original idea.

Tiny helicopter to fly over da Vinci's birthplace - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/05/15/smallest.helicopter.ap/index.html - broken link)

[Mach50]

COOL!! That helo looks fun.

Da Vincis Flying Machine was not that far off...

http://l.b5z.net/i/u/6082977/i/Design_for_a_Flying_Machine_ezr.jpg (broken link)

[burdell]

DaVinci's creative genius and the concepts he dreamed up 500 years ago may be some of the few things that truly deserve being described as mind-boggling.