Philip Nelson

Wired: Man Successfully Flies With Custom-Built Bird Wings

A project started by engineers grandfather is realized using modern technology.

Using videogame controllers, an Android phone and custom-built wings, a Dutch engineer named Jarno Smeets has achieved birdlike flight.

Smeets flew like an albatross, the bird that inspired his winged-man invention, on March 18 at a park in The Hague.

“I have always dreamed about this. But after 8 months of hard work, research and testing it all payed off,” Smeets said on his YouTube page.

Read the Wired article HERE