Leo da Vinci or someone else?

[fruitmedley 0]

I don't know if I'm in the right category, but if not then I'm sure "Big Brother" will move it!

Anyways, my question is: does anyone REALLY know where that quote came from that we see everywhere in skydiving mags and stuff that says (in essence) "Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with eyes skyward, for there you have been and there you long to return"? (I don't know the EXACT wording, I've seen it a few different ways). Some say it came from da Vinci, but I've read alot of his writing and I've looked through his complete notebooks (translated, of course) and serached online but can't find it anywhere. Anyone have anything solid on this? I would like to find the original Latin if it does in fact come from DV.

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[Scoop 0]

I got it as my signature but I can't for the life of me remember its origin (as in web wise) but was Leonardo Da Vinci. No doubt chinese whispers has changed it along the way. He probably commented how the sky was pretty once and it just got built on

Brief searched found this..

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/l/leonardoda125723.html

but more interestingly this...

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"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."

— This must be the most famous aviation quote that is not a verifiable quote. It is attributed everywhere (including some Smithsonian publications) to Leonardo da Vinci, but I've never found definitive source information. Neither have some nice folks I've talked with at 'National Geographic Magazine,' who contacted one of the world's leading Leonardo authorities in Italy as part of a long research process and were told that Leonardo da Vinci did not write it.

[catfishhunter 2]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Origin+of+Once+you+have+tasted+flight%2C+you+will+walk+the+earth+with+your+eyes+turned+forever+skyward%2C+for+there+you+have+been%2C+and+there+you+long+to+return&btnG=Google+Search

Thats the Google Link for Origin of~

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[airtimebabe24 0]

i love that quote! da Vinci sketched the original design for a parachute in 1483. maybe the quote stemmed from that.... it is quoted in July 06 Parachutist magazine. pg. 24.
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[mjosparky 4]

It was written by Leo,

His 11th. personal jornual, page 43 about half way down the page.

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[kevinwhelan 0]

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Vinci sketched the original design for a parachute in 1483.

Watched a very interesting program 'ancient Chinese Inventions'
where they say Chinese acrobats were using basic parachutes thousands of years ago.
Also they had a wooden toy that was basically a propeler on a stick that flew like a propeller

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[labrys 0]

I don't think there will be an "original latin". It would have been in Italian, wouldn't it?

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Una volta che abbiate conosciuto il volo, camminerete sulla Terra guardando al cielo, perché là siete stati e là desiderate tornare.

Not sure how close to the original that is.

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[cabbage 0]

Most likely in mirror script too. He often wrote backwards.

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[airtimebabe24 0]

Really? thats really interesting. good to know, thanks!

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