Overview
Volar, uno de los anhelos más antiguos que se conoce, ha inspirado cientos de creaciones fantásticas. Desde Dédalo, el arquitecto griego, hasta los exitosos hermanos Wright, la historia vio pasar innumerables aventureros cuyo único y peligroso deseo fue acompañar el vuelo de las aves. Un imprudente capricho que muchas veces terminó en fracaso. Científicos, filósofos, doctores, pero por sobre todo locos, pueblan esa extensa galería de precursores de la aviación. Cada uno hizo su aporte, a veces acertado, a veces notanto. Ésta es la historia de uno de ellos. El diario del capitán Arsenio fue encontrado por casualidad. Data de 1780 y es el manuscrito sobre aviación más valioso y más antiguo que se conoce después del de Leonardo da Vinci. Sus páginas están llenas de bocetos, garabatos y anotaciones técnicas en las que se desarrollan distintas máquinas para volar. Son proyectos ingenuos, exactos, desatinados y prodigiosos. Dejamos en manos del lector, con los pies bien en la tierra pero con la cabeza en las nubes, considerar si estos intentos terminaron en éxitos o fracasos.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Flying, one of man’s oldest known desires, has inspired hundreds of fantastic creations. From Daedalus, the Greek architect, to the successful Wright brothers, history has seen countless adventurers whose sole and dangerous wish was to join the flight of birds—a reckless whim that often ended in failure.
Scientists, philosophers, doctors, but above all madmen, fill that vast gallery of aviation pioneers. Each made their contribution, sometimes successful, sometimes not so much. This is the story of one of them.
The Diary of Captain Arsenio was discovered by chance. Dating back to 1780, it is the most valuable and oldest manuscript on aviation known after Leonardo da Vinci’s. Its pages are full of sketches, doodles, and technical notes detailing different flying machines. They are naïve, precise, misguided, and prodigious projects. We leave it to the reader—feet firmly on the ground but head in the clouds—to decide whether these attempts ended in success or failure.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Flying, one of man’s oldest known desires, has inspired hundreds of fantastic creations. From Daedalus, the Greek architect, to the successful Wright brothers, history has seen countless adventurers whose sole and dangerous wish was to join the flight of birds—a reckless whim that often ended in failure.
Scientists, philosophers, doctors, but above all madmen, fill that vast gallery of aviation pioneers. Each made their contribution, sometimes successful, sometimes not so much. This is the story of one of them.
The Diary of Captain Arsenio was discovered by chance. Dating back to 1780, it is the most valuable and oldest manuscript on aviation known after Leonardo da Vinci’s. Its pages are full of sketches, doodles, and technical notes detailing different flying machines. They are naïve, precise, misguided, and prodigious projects. We leave it to the reader—feet firmly on the ground but head in the clouds—to decide whether these attempts ended in success or failure.
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