One field that Leonardo da Vinci was really fascinated with was flight. His fascination with flight started when a bird brushed its tail against Leonardo’s cheek when he was a baby. He was inspired by birds to make his inventions, which is an act of biomimicry. When making his inventions on flight, Leonardo would often go to the market to buy a bird. He would then observe its wind structure, motion, and shape, and set it free after that. Leonardo da Vinci was the inventor of the helicopter, which was known as the aerial screw during the Renaissance. It would rise because of the rotation of the blades, which were made of linen. The flying machine, also known as the ornithopter was a product of biomimicry and was inspired by a bat. It flew
