Da Vinci’s study of flight to visit Smithsonian

By Brett Zongker

Published August 8, 2013 2:33pm ET

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Da Vinci’s study of flight to visit Smithsonian — This image provided by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries shows a page from the 1505 notebook that shows a proposed pilot's position in a flying machine, upper right. Leonardo da Vinciâs early sketches of human flight some 400 years before the airplaneâs invention will make a rare visit to the Smithsonianâs National Air and Space Museum in Washington. The museum announced Thursday that it will display da Vinciâs âCodex on the Flight of Birdsâ between Sept. 13 and Oct. 22. The notebook from 1505 includes the famous artistâs study of birds and his descriptions of how humans could one day fly. (AP Photo/Smithsonian Institution Libraries) | AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Leonardo da Vinci’s early sketches of human flight some 400 years before the airplane’s invention will make a rare visit to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington.

The museum announced Thursday that it will display da Vinci’s “Codex on the Flight of Birds” between Sept. 13 and Oct. 22. The notebook from 1505 includes the famous artist’s study of birds and his descriptions of how humans could one day fly.

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