HOWTO make a fly-powered match-plane?

This HOWTO purports to explain the creation of a fly-powered matchstick airplane. Despite the lavish and handsome illustrations (and the precedent in the form of young Nikola Tesla's june-bug-powered motor) I don't really imagine that this would work, and if it did, it would be pretty squick.

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(Thanks, Kevin!)

Update: Jon sez, "the graphic with the flies & matchsticks is from an Esquire of a few years back."