sixteen flying machines inspired by leonardo da vinci

Menlo Park, CA: Atta Co., 1991. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Ephemera. 34 pages plus envelope. Illustrations. Envelop has been opened with minor scuffing/tear. Sticker residue on back of envelop. Copyright is held by Jason Hommel, son of Dennis Hommel. Based upon a review posted on-line: While there are indeed 16 paper airplanes in the kit, there are only 4 designs, so you are in fact building the same planes 4 times. Very little background is given on Leonardo, and most of that is on the envelope that holds the sheets of paper. Of the 34 pages in this, 32 pages are the sheets of paper for the paper airplanes. The other two pages are both sides of a single sheet and contains some assembly instructions (including for a mobile). The paper for the paper airplanes is top quality and the design of them really make them look like they could have been torn out of da Vinci's notebooks. The 4 designs are decent and fly very well, and the instructions are complete and very well done. Dennis Hommel designed the Leonardo da Vinci Airplanes in the early 1990's. In the late 70's, Dennis went commercial, and created a version for Pizza Hut and Mr. Pibb. In the late 1980's, Dennis thought of Leonardo da Vinci, and created a fun way to present the airplanes, as "originally" inspired by Leonardo, with backwards writing that could be read only in a mirror, which was a part of the wooden retail display case. While the paper airplanes were always a sort of "side hobby" to his main business of being a graphic designer and advertising executive, they did manage to be profitable. The Leonardo designs proved to be the most commercially successful design, especially with the aid of a national distributor who was able to place them in about 300 toy shops, gift shops, museums, and hobby stores across the nation. Condition: Good.

Keywords: Aviation, Airplane, Flying Machine, Leonardo da Vinci, Inventor, Ornithopter, Helicopter, Four-winged, Aerodynamic, Mobile, Hobby, Toy

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Price: $22.50

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