Pichancourt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 1889; Pichancourt (first name is not known) developed the L'Oiseau Mechanique (Mechanical Bird) which aimed to imitate the motion of a bird's wings in flight. Mechanical Bird 1889 References Chanute, Octave, Progress in Flying Machines, Dover, 1894 (reprinted 1998), ISBN 0-486-29981-3 This article about a Greek engineer, inventor or industrial designer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.vte Related Articles