The Abbey was the site of an early attempt at human flight when, during the early 11th century, the monk Eilmer of Malmesbury attached wings to his body and flew from a tower.

And Mr. Maurer is not above such sentimentality as attaching wings of goose feathers to bulbs so that they appear to fly.

"We merely attach wings to our horses and fly to the top."

For centuries, early flight pioneers tried to achieve this very feat by attaching artificial wings to their arms and backs.

Another alternative landing concept was the US Air Force's proposal to attach wings to the spacecraft.

The Egyptians and Assyrians in particular were the first to attach wings to their divine images.

He was setting in to attach wings.

The Coleman opens like a suitcase, and has wings attached to the lid, which prop up and act as wind guards.

In "Three Seahorses" (1998) she plays the mad scientist by attaching insect wings to the backs of sea horses.

The castle was originally constructed in wood, pine primarily, and had attached wings to the east and to the south.