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  2. Léo Valentin - Wikipedia

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    Léon Alfred Nicolas Valentin (22 March 1919, Épinal , France - 21 May 1956, Liverpool, England) was a French adventurer, who attempted to achieve human flight using bird-like wings. Léo Valentin is widely considered to be the most famous "birdman" of all time. [1] [2] [3] He was billed as "Valentin, the Most Daring Man in the World". [4]

  3. UTIAS Snowbird - Wikipedia

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    There have been several attempts throughout history of humans attempting to fly like a bird, under their own power. Leonardo da Vinci is frequently credited with creating the first design for a human-powered ornithopter in 1485. [3] [4] Since that time, many people have tried to make human-powered flight like a bird happen. [3] [5]

  4. Couple’s elaborate Swiss Alps wedding goes viral for flying ...

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    Gabriele Rizzi Lab, an entertainment company based in Italy, was responsible for curating the in-air bird-like performance. In addition to the flying man, violinists wore floral snow globe ...

  5. Ankhon Dekhi - Wikipedia

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    Rajesh Bauji (Sanjay Mishra) is a man in his late 50s, living a dreary but eventful life in a small house in old Delhi with his extended family.The movie starts with Bauji narrating a dream where he sees himself flying like a bird, free from all the worldly affairs.

  6. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines - Wikipedia

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    The Eardley Billing Tractor Biplane replica flown by David Watson appeared in two guises, in more or less authentic form, impersonating an early German tractor biplane, and also as the Japanese pilot's mount, modified with boxkite-like side curtains over the interplane struts, a covered fuselage, and colourful "oriental" decorations.

  7. Sacramento turns to unexpected solution for downtown crows: A ...

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    Like the enchanted man on K Street, reporters are not immune to the charms of a trained raptor. Baz was in a KCRA segment in 2019; in 2020, the New York Times ran a feature about his work in L.A ...

  8. 'Bizarre' long-legged bird-like dinosaur has scientists ... - AOL

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    About 148 to 150 million years ago, a strange pheasant-sized and bird-like dinosaur with elongated legs and arms built much like wings inhabited southeastern China, with a puzzling anatomy ...

  9. List of avian humanoids - Wikipedia

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    Kurangaituku is a supernatural being in Māori mythology who is part-woman and part-bird. [21] Lamassu from Mesopotamian mythology, a winged tutelary deity with a human head, the body of a bull or a lion, and bird wings. Lei Gong, a Chinese thunder god often depicted as a bird man. [22] The second people of the world in Southern Sierra Miwok ...