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Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines

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A long overdue passion project, here are three from the film. If there is enough interest I will put these on the MP in packs of three.

Santos Dumont Demoiselle
Picat Dubreuil
Passat Ornithopter

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Those look fantastic -- down to the whitewalls! What an interesting flight experience. I'd never heard of the Passat before.
 
Just wish you would sell through an alternative vendor ........... though do like your output and like to support the small developer doing the unusual stuff. Any news on the Jodel release? Doesn't look much like Tony Hancock in the ornithopter though..........
 
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A great and hilarious movie, especially Gert Fröbe. In those days movies made you laugh out loud. Nowadays......

hertzie.
 
It's actually hard to imagine that the ornithopter ever flew, but it's said to have managed a few meters.
Greetings from the test phase
 

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The "Demoiselle" had been proposed/created by my friend Bernard aka "ABD" for FSX/P3D (2012) and is still available on French-VFR :
This one seems to have better textures !

Perhaps, If I have a bit of time available, I would take back and finish the Savoia of Porco Rosso that some people on SOH are asking me for ;)
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The "Demoiselle" had been proposed/created by my friend Bernard aka "ABD" for FSX/P3D (2012) and is still available on French-VFR :
This one seems to have better textures !

Perhaps, If I have a bit of time available, I would take back and finish the Savoia of Porco Rosso that some people on SOH are asking me for ;)
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Too bad the plane on your link is not for FS2024.
 
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