In 1889; Pichancourt (first name is not known) developed the L'Oiseau Mechanique (
Mechanical Bird
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) which aimed to imitate the motion of a bird's wings in flight.
Image:pichancourt-flyingbird.jpg, Mechanical Bird 1889
References
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Chanute, Octave, ''Progress in Flying Machines'', Dover, 1894 (reprinted 1998),
19th-century French inventors
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