This video from 1980 shows the Gossamer Albatross rolling out and taking off from Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert. The Gossamer Albatross II was involved in slow-speed flight tests at the Dryden Flight Research Center (now Armstrong) at Edwards, CA in the spring of 1980. The original Gossamer Albatross is best known for completing the first completely human-powered flight across the English Channel on June 12, 1979. Dr. Paul MacCready was later awarded the most prestigious p
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On June 12, cyclist and pilot Bryan Allen pedaled the Gossamer Albatross across the English Channel. The dream of human-powered flight was very publicly realized on that day! The Museum of Flight is home to the Gossamer Albatross II, the backup aircraft for the big day. The Albatross II was used at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center for testing related to electric motors. Check out this NASA video of the Gossamer Albatross II in flight during a test! Notice anything about the pilot? Check out
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87K views · 2.5K reactions | Did you know an albatross can soar for several hundred kilometres without flapping its wings? This legendary bird has inspired the #AlbatrossOne – our remote-controlled aircraft demonstrator that is the first aircraft to trial in-flight, freely flapping wing-tips, which could help reduce drag and fuel burn. fly.airbus.com/IntroducingAlbatrossOne | Airbus | Facebook
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40 years ago today: Bryan Allen achieves the first human-powered aircraft flight
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Today marks the first human-powered aircraft flight conducted in Shafter, California (🇺🇸). It was the first flight capable of controlled and sustained flight aboard the MacCready Gossamer Condor. Bryan Allen completed a figure-eight course around two pylons half a mile apart, starting and ending the course at least 10 feet (3.0 m) above the ground in six minutes 22 seconds. 🕐 He piloted the airplane to speeds around 11 miles per hour and produced less than 0.5 horsepower. Even with the pilot
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