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 |