#flying machine

[princefiddlefern]

Happy 574th Birthday DaVinci. You would've loved Sky. 🎨🖌️🍂

[peppermint-moss]

did some more of this to fulfill my lil vision... then i thought of the parallel i could draw between leafpool's care by grooming ashfur's body vs holly when she was a kit and my mind went woahwoagh YAY

song is flying machine by boys go to jupiter

[usnatarchives]

Soaring into history 🛩️Wilbur and Orville Wright

Soaring into history on December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved the first successful flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Their revolutionary Wright Flyer soared for just 12 seconds on its maiden voyage.

The Wright brothers' invention was officially recognized when they were granted U.S. Patent No. 821,393 on May 22, 1906, for their "Flying Machine."

This patent, preserved in the records of the National Archives, laid the foundation for their innovative three-axis control system, which allowed a pilot to steer the aircraft effectively. This key innovation remains a fundamental principle in aviation to this day.

The online portal to the records held at the National Archives, and information about those records.

[70sscifiart]

Blas Gallego's 1988 cover for Kiteworld, by Keith Roberts

[oldschoolfrp]

The rocket crossbow is the invention of Celianthril, son of Galianthril, a dwarf who gazed up at the starry sky and dreamed of plucking the jewels from the celestial vault. He constructed an enormous arbalest and a hollow arrow filled with seats. Local villagers helped launch him high into the sky where he almost disappeared from view, before plummeting back to earth, rather hard, several hundred leagues from where he began.

Seeing the impact of the mighty arrow, an orc shaman was inspired to build his own version to assault the famed city of Bahanjur-Kazbam with 96 of his warriors packed tightly inside. The inhabitants of the city watched the projectile soar overhead, crashing into a mountain then disappearing into a lake.

(from an article about various flying machines in Casus Belli Special Issue 2: Laelith, 1990)

[ineffably-queer-book-lover]

Memory

"I have always felt it is my destiny to build a machine that would allow man to fly."

Leonardo da Vinci ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Please enjoy this fill for a really old IPAT prompt: Memory. Sorry, no limerick this time, because I spent so many hours on putting together this little diorama for a HAPPY MEMORY from our Ineffables' shared history.

Please feel free to take this picture as a prompt to write your own fanfiction or create some fanart! 😘

For more ramblings and credits...

The above Da Vinci diorama was heavily inspired by this beautiful canon piece of art that was brought back to my attention a couple of weeks ago:

(Credit goes to Paul Kidby. You can read more about it here).

To me the fact that Leonardo Da Vinci created this lovely double portrait of Aziraphale and Crowley in the canon GO universe is a strong indicator that they all knew each other well (you get to decide how well). So in my headcanon they might have spent some time together having fun, "sciencing out" in Leonardo's workshop. The idea is not too far-fetched, right?

While Crowley surely must have gotten a blast out of humans trying to invent clever machines that let them fly and testing them himself of course, Aziraphale would surely have appreciated all the marvelous scientific papers!

My LEGO Ineffables' hairstyles are strongly inspired by Paul Kidby's (fake) historical drawing, but I decided to go with less formal outfits here, since I really wanted to show a fun and informal meeting of friends rather than anyone dressing up to have their portrait painted!

Honestly, I can't believe how crammed this set ended up! There are so many little gimmicks hidden (some in plain sight, but out of focus, and some pretty much invisible) that I just gave up catching it all in one picture.

No, I don't expect anyone to admire the stained glass window or the bloody whimsical staircase, but please take a closer look at the piece of art Leonardo is currently working on; you might have seen it elsewhere on the show! Well, Leonard is trying to work on it... guess it's hard to get anything done while a demon is zooming through your workshop with a flying machine! 😉

It took quite a lot of fiddling to get the wings positioned like that, but I really wanted Crowley to stretch a wing over Aziraphale's head for reasons. 🥹

A huge shout-of goes to AREA-X (SEMBO) for providing their wonderful INSPIRATION FROM ART - GREAT ARTIST DIORAMA SERIES, feat. this Leonardo Da Vinci set I used to 'Good Omify' (that's not a word, but it should be) his space!

It was great fun to build, even if the staircase must have been designed in hell! The rest of it, though, feels and looks heavenly! There are so many gorgeous prints, awesome custom pieces, and teeny-tiny details that are barely visible once everything is fully assembled! A Metallic Gold frog sitting below the staircase and looking out the stained glass window? Sure, why not? I love it! 😂

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@ineffablyruined I hope you enjoy this little interpretation of a happy memory that surely must exist in the canon Good Omens universe, even if we haven't seen it on the show! 🥰

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

Vintage flying machines.

[dame-de-pique]

Photograph of Lawrence Hargrave kneeling beside box kite at Woollahra Point

Photograph of Lawrence Hargrave standing beside a cellular kite on a table at Woollahra Point

Photograph of a cellular kite and kite winder at Woollahra Point from the William Hudson Shaw Archive

Photograph of Lawrence Hargrave flying a cellular kite at Woollahra Point