I had the parentals in town for the weekend, and Sunday we made it over to the Air & Space museum for The Da Vinci Experience. Using his sketchbook and notes, the curators of this exhibit recreated 50+ of Da Vinci's ideas and inventions. Da Vinci's diversity was amazing, creating solutions for transportion, defense, irrigation, and so on. Most of his ideas were so ahead of their time, that they were denied by the royal court or whoever he was presenting to. Da Vinci's 'Air Screw' or chopper, pictured below, was the beginning thoughts behind a Helicopter.

Below is the re-created version at the exhibit.

After reading and experiencing all of his innovation, there is a hall of his paintings as well (not originals). By that time, I had forgotten that he was a renowned artist and musician, a true renaissance man. My mind was mush leaving the museum. It is impossible to fathom how productive, innovative and diverse Leonardo was. The Da Vinci Experience will be at the Air & Space Museum the remainder of this year, and I highly recommend checking it out.