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Gossamer Albatross

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Gossamer Albatross

The first human-powered aircraft to fly across the English Channel, in June 1979. It was designed by Paul MacCready and piloted and pedalled by Bryan Allen. The Channel crossing took 2 hours 49 minutes. The same team was behind the first successful human-powered aircraft (Gossamer Condor) two years earlier.



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; the Gossamer Condor, the first human-powered aircraft to achieve sustained, maneuverable flight; and the Gossamer Albatross, the first human-powered aircraft to fly across the English Channel.
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MacCready has fashioned many award-winning cars and planes, including the Gossamer Albatross, the first human-powered plane to cross the English Channel.
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``Subsequent flights were much more outstanding,'' said Allen, who piloted one of those - a 22-mile human-powered flight in 1979 over the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
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