Ancient Flying Vimana Recreated - Shivkar Bapuji Talpade
We all know ancient flying machines called
Vimana mentioned in ancient
Indian texts, but in this video I will show you documented history where a Vimana actually flew and the
British Government had to intervene and suppress this technology.
In
1895, eight years before the
Wright Brothers flew their first plane, a man called
Shivkar Bapuji Talpade flew an unmanned airplane in front of thousands of people in
India. But the really intriguing detail is that he did not depend on modern physics or aviation techniques, but he created this flying machine entirely based on ancient Indian texts.
Shivkar was born in
1864 in
Mumbai and was regarded as a prodigy. He earned a
Ph. D before the age of 30. When he was 15, he had a meeting with an elderly man called
Subbaraya Shastry who had been researching Vimanas all his life. He is the same man who later wrote
Vymanika Shastra, a book about flying machines. They both worked together for 15 years and built a Vimana that could not only fly, but could also be controlled with some kind of a remote control device.
So, did the Vimana fly? The very first flight was tested in Mumbai beach in front of thousands of people and this unmanned Vimana reached an altitude of 1500 feet and sustained its flight for about 37 seconds before it crashed. Now, compare this with the first flight of Wright Brothers in the
U.S, their first flight only reached an altitude of
120 feet and lasted 12 seconds before it crashed. While the Wright Brothers were funded with 25,
000 dollars after their first flight, Shivkar and Shastry were denounced as con artists who created worthless machines.
Remember, this is the time of
British occupation of India and racism was widespread.
After the Vimana crashed, Shivkar attempted to enhance the features and build a new design which would be fueled by
Mercury ions. He tried desperately to get funds but was turned down by virtually everyone but still built a mercury engine in his own house. Due to lack of protective gear, he became subject to mercury vapor poisoning which created hallucinations and other mental disorders.
When the word spread, the
British accused him of making explosives and confiscated his new Vimana. The prosecutor and the judge simply laughed at him when he tried to explain a Mercury
Ion engine and claimed that such a machine would never work.
A team of expert scientists were brought in and they all unanimously agreed that a mercury powered device is impossible.
Today,
NASA uses mercury ion engines for space travel and has publicly announced that ion engines can provide constant acceleration, reducing travel times with increased efficiency while decreasing the size of the spacecraft.
Shivkar was thrown in
Jail and was released after a few years with a condition not to make any more machines. However, he secretly created another Vimana called
Rukma Vimana. It is rumored that this bell shaped Vimana was secretly taken to
Germany in
1930s and was recreated as the famous “
Nazi Bell”. You can see the similarity between the Rukma Vimana and the Nazi Bell. Strangely, bell shaped UFOs have been sighted multiple times around the world and one such
UFO even crashed in
Kecksburg, Pennsylvania.
Most people think that
Da Vinci was the first to write about flying machines around
500 years ago, but Indian texts and carvings show startling evidences of flying devices dating at least
2000 years ago. Here is a Vimana similar to a modern day jetpack carved 1200 years ago. It shows safety features like belts, propeller like wheels and gear like devices. Here is a model of a rocket carved in
India around
7th century A.D. These are just a few examples, but there are thousands of references to these flying machines in ancient Indian text.
So what happened to Shivkar? He received no recognition, no money and no credit for creating the very first aircraft. He died a heartbroken man at the age of 53.
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