Answer: “The Gossamer Condor was the first human-powered aircraft capable of controlled and sustained flight,” according to its entry on Wikipedia. Designed by Dr. Paul B. MacCready and Dr Peter B. S.

MONROVIA – Paul MacCready, a renowned innovator and aviation pioneer whose Gossamer Condor aircraft made the the world’s first sustained flight powered solely by a human, died Tuesday. He was 81. The ...

SHAFTER, Calif. (KERO) — On Saturday, August 24, the Minter Field Air Museum board will pay homage to the historic Gossamer Condor flight with a banquet featuring members of the flight crew. Minter ...

," the story of MacCready's efforts to create a human-powered aircraft. With his permission, I include it here (slightly edited). I made the film THE FLIGHT OF THE GOSSAMER CONDOR and it was great to ...

Beth Py-Lieberman - Author, The Object at Hand: Intriguing and Inspiring Stories from the Smithsonian Collections Today marks the 40th anniversary of human-powered flight. On August 23, 1977, pilot ...

Paul B. MacCready, the Caltech-trained scientist and inventor who created the Gossamer Condor -- the first successful human-powered airplane -- as well as other innovative aircraft, has died. He was ...

September 6, 2007 The aeronautical world is mourning the loss of visionary inventor, designer and engineer Dr Paul MacCready, who passed away on 28 August 2007. Among his very long list of ...

The Minter Field Air Museum in Shafter is known for shining a spotlight on the airport’s history as a training center for thousands of pilots during World War II. But decades after the war's end, ...

The Flight of the Gossamer Condor tells the inspiring true story of history's first successful human-powered flight. Renowned inventor Dr. Paul MacCready and his team were filmed creating the ...

Joe Morgenstern, film critic for the Wall Street Journal, reviews Deep Water, which depicts the voyage of Donald Crowhurst, one of nine competitors in a disastrous 1969 round-the-world yacht race, and ...

For centuries, human-powered flight eluded mankind. Many thought it was just an impossible dream. But several great inventions have been born from competition. Challenge man to do something ...