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Richard Seeker 
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TOKYO (AFP) - The world's smallest one-man helicopter will soon take flight in the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci, who is credited with having first thought of a vertical-flight machine, its developer said. The 75-kilogram (165-pound) helicopter will make a demonstration flight in the city of Vinci, near Florence, on May 25, according to Japanese developer Gennai Yanagisawa, 75. "Since the concept of our helicopter came from Italy, I always wanted to take a flight in the birthplace of da Vinci," Yanagisawa said. "I feel like I'm greeting an ancestor. I hope da Vinci would be pleased," Yanagisawa told AFP. Yanagisawa said he went to Vinci in February and received the blessing of Mayor Dario Parrini. The helicopter, named GEN H-4, has a set of two rotors turning in opposite directions and can fly at a maximum speed of 50 kilometres (31 miles) per hour. Guinness World Records in February recognised it as the world's smallest helicopter that can carry a person. Renaissance genius da Vinci was born in Vinci in 1452 and spent the first several years of his life there. His sketch, dated in 1493 and discovered in the 19th century, shows a vertical flight machine. As in the drawing, the GEN H-4 has no tail. Yanagisawa runs a company in Matsumoto, north of Tokyo, selling the helicopter. He has sold five units in Japan and two to US customers. The current model is priced at six million yen (58,250 dollars). http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080514/sc_afp/japanitalyaviationhistoryoffbeat;_ylt=AvBdboAuBown2JjiROPGh2wDW7oF Attachment: capt_cps_nec61_140508080420_photo00_photo_default-394x512.jpg (Downloaded 11 times)
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KCBogey Hyperspace Warrior
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Richard, What an ironic set of events! I was taken to this link from Google and saw your avatar...which incidentally is titled "The Grand Avatar" by a well known fantasy artist as I'm sure you know. The irony is I have this picture as a tatoo on my leg (with a couple personal modifications of course). How crazy!! Any way, just wanted to say Hi and give you kudos for the picture. I've never seen anyone else use it before for anything so it seriously caught me by surprise. Have a good one!! KCBogey Last edited on Tue May 20th, 2008 09:08 pm by KCBogey |
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Richard Seeker
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Hello KCBogey, Thanks for stopping by and posting that info. I didn’t know it was called “The Grand Avatar” and I don’t know who the artist is. I ran across it looking through Goggle Images and there wasn’t a name or title that I remember. I just thought it looked cool and decided to use it. That’s interesting that you have it tattooed on your leg. I can imagine that does look cool. 
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