The disclosure pertains to a battery-powered personal flying apparatus comprising a body structure adapted to support and detachably couple user thereto, and a pair of wings rotationally coupled to opposite sides of the body structure. The wings preferably comprise at least a humerus portion and radius portion. The radius portion is configured to rotate relative to the humerus and, during use, the wings mimic the motion of bird flight. The disclosure further pertains to a method of facilitating human flight using the personal flying apparatus comprising the steps of maintaining the user's torso and legs in an inline and generally horizontal position, moving a pair of wings having a humerus rotatably coupled to a radius simultaneously through a wing flight pattern, and repeating the wing fight pattern to maintain flight of the user.

The disclosure pertains to a battery-powered personal flying apparatus comprising a body structure adapted to support and detachably couple user thereto, and a pair of wings rotationally coupled to opposite sides of the body structure. The wings preferably comprise at least a humerus portion and radius portion. The radius portion is configured to rotate relative to the humerus and, during use, the wings mimic the motion of bird flight. The disclosure further pertains to a method of facilitating human flight using the personal flying apparatus comprising the steps of maintaining the user's torso and legs in an inline and generally horizontal position, moving a pair of wings having a humerus rotatably coupled to a radius simultaneously through a wing flight pattern, and repeating the wing fight pattern to maintain flight of the user.