H.J.B. Passat claimed to have flown this type aircraft a distance of 20 yards at Wimbledon.  It was later reported to have flown 450’ on Wimbledon Common until it hit a tree.  It was designed so the wings could be folded back and it could cruise like an automobile on the ground.

This reproduction aircraft was built at White Waltham in England for the 1965 film, "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines."  It originally had a 16 hp Douglas motorcycle engine to power the rear wheels and flap the rear wings.  It was given to Cole Palen in return for promoting the film in the United States.  Cole transported several of his own pioneer aircraft to thirteen major cities in the northeast and had been promised an aircraft from the film in return for his hard work.  He was somewhat disappointed when the Ornithopter arrived at the Aerodrome rather than the airworthy Bristol Boxkite or Avro Triplane!