Leonardo Da Vinci at Seattle's Museum of Flight

There shall be wings! If the accomplishment be not for me, 'tis for some other. The Spirit cannot die; and man, who shall know all and shall have wings. - Leonardo Da Vinci

These words greeted us at the entrance to Seattle's Museum of Flight, where we had a chance to see a fascinating exhibit Leonardo Da Vinci: Man, Inventor, Genius this afternoon. The show is a collection of reproductions of Leonardo's sketches, paintings and more than fifty working 3-D models of his machines including flying machines, a parachute, a car, a tank, a helicopter, and the first working robot. The exhibit reminds us that Da Vinci was not just an exceptional painter but also a gifted architect, art historian, engineer, inventor, scientist, sculptor and writer, far ahead of his time. Many of his inventions were so progressive that they required modern materials and technologies to be realized, and would be 500 years later.

Leonardo was such a rare and universal person, that you could say nature worked one of her greatest wonders in creating him. - Unknown

Once you have flown, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been, and there you long to return. - Leonardo Da Vinci