A Model of Swedenborg’s Flying Machine

With reference to the scale model of Swedenborg’s Flying Machine, I have been asked quite often, how did I get the Smithsonian Institution of Washington interested in a model of it to add to their collection in the National Air Museum? The answer to this is quite simple: I did not. How it came about can perhaps be best explained by outlining what has taken place from the time I was first approached in connection with the construction of such a model.