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This New Zealand Farmer Revolutionized Modern Planes

Name: This New Zealand Farmer Revolutionized Modern Planes
Uploaded: 2018-09-13
Duration: 80944
Description: In the early 1900s, a New Zealand farmer named Richard Pearse built what looked like a flying bicycle. Some of the ideas he developed are now standard in modern aviation.

In the early 1900s, a New Zealand farmer named Richard Pearse built what looked like a flying bicycle. Some of the ideas he developed are now standard in modern aviation.

Smithsonian magazine | 1:20