> Early attempts at human flight approached it by strapping wings to people's arms and flapping: Do you think that would have eventually worked too, if only we

> Early attempts at human flight approached it by strapping wings to people's arms and flapping: Do you think that would have eventually worked too, if only we had just given it a bit more time and faith? Interestingly, we how have human powered aircraft... We have flown ~60km with human leg power alone. We've also got human powered ornithopters (flapping wing designs) which can fly but only for very short times before the pilot is exhausted. I expect that another 100 years from now, both records will be exceeded, altough probably for scientific curiosity more than because human powered flight is actually useful.