Boris Ivanovich Cheranovsky · Soviet Union · Interwar (1919–1938)
Open in interactive gallery →See aircraft like this on the live radar →The Chyeranovskii BICh-16 is an experimental Soviet man-powered ornithopter designed and built by Boris Ivanovich Cheranovsky. The BiCH-16 was a wooden construction tailless design with a braced skid landing gear and the wings moved by pedals. It was first flown by R.A. Pischuchev as a glider after launch by cable but it was unstable and re-built a number of times before being abandoned in 1938.