In 1929, German scientist Franz Groebbels proposed that this enables birds to fly like "automatic airplanes." Almost a century later, the robotic bird "PigeonBot II" confirmed his idea ...

For anyone who has ever wanted to fly like a bird and have a bird's-eye view, Iyono, 49, is your man. He is a flight instructor at the Izu Flight House paraglider school here, which is offering ...