Registration / Serial:C-GPTR
Aircraft Original Type:UTIAS Ornithopter No.1
Aircraft Generic Type:UTIAS Ornithopter No.1
Aircraft Version:UTIAS Ornithopter No.1
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:Ottawa - Rockcliffe (CYRO / YRO)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Collection:Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Photo Date:17 July 2025
Photo by:WalAndPlContact
Photo ID:843525Submit Correction
View count: 219
The first engine-powered ornithopter to achieve sustained flight. Built in the late 1990s at the University of Toronto Institute of Aeronautical Studies (UTIAS). On 8 July 2006, it took off under its own power, making a flight of around 300 metres that lasted 14 seconds, after which it crashed. It required the assistance of a jet engine to take off, and its flapping wings were driven by an 18 kW (24 HP) gasoline engine.
Registration / Serial:C-GPTR
Aircraft Version:UTIAS Ornithopter No.1
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:Ottawa - Rockcliffe (CYRO / YRO)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:17 July 2025
Photo by:WalAndPlContact
Registration / Serial:C-GPTR
Aircraft Original Type:UTIAS Ornithopter No.1
Aircraft Generic Type:UTIAS Ornithopter No.1
Aircraft Version:UTIAS Ornithopter No.1
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:Ottawa - Rockcliffe (CYRO / YRO)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Collection:Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Photo Date:17 July 2025
Photo by:WalAndPlContact
Photo ID:843525Submit Correction
View count: 219
The first engine-powered ornithopter to achieve sustained flight. Built in the late 1990s at the University of Toronto Institute of Aeronautical Studies (UTIAS). On 8 July 2006, it took off under its own power, making a flight of around 300 metres that lasted 14 seconds, after which it crashed. It required the assistance of a jet engine to take off, and its flapping wings were driven by an 18 kW (24 HP) gasoline engine.
Registration / Serial:C-GPTR
Aircraft Version:UTIAS Ornithopter No.1
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:Ottawa - Rockcliffe (CYRO / YRO)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:17 July 2025
Photo by:WalAndPlContact