Helicopters & Flying Saucers

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Vacation Program

  • Tuesday, February 22, 2011
  • 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
  • Designed for ages 7 to 9

Flight captured Leonardo's imagination. He drew flying machines like birds. He also sketched spinning wings. He drew rocket launchers and catapults. Make a flying top inspired by Leonardo's drawings. Make a Rotopult for safely launching wafers of corks Frisbee-style... Leonardo's vision channeled through the ingenuity of Neil Downie*.

*Ink Sandwiches, Electric Worms ©2003 Johns Hopkins University Press pp140

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leo-helicopter

rotopult

rotopult


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