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Gossamer Albatross
The Gossamer Albatross was a human-powered aircraft built by American aeronautical engineer Dr. Paul B. MacCready's AeroVironment. On June 12 1979 it completed a successful crossing of the English Channel to win the second Kremer prize.
* (anglicky) Fotogalerie Gossamer Albatross, autor Don Monroe
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* Gossamer Albatross II at Seattle Museum of Flight
* Shows various MacCready & Aerovironment aircraft, including
Gossamer Penguin
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* Gossamer Albatross: The Gossamer Albatross was a human-powered
aircraft built by American aeronautical engineer Dr. Paul B.
MacCready 's AeroVironment . ...3
1980 the Gossamer Albatross had participated in a flight research
program at NASA Dryden in a program conducted jointly by the Langley
and Dryden research centers.4
A Gossamer Albatross on take off run
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A short glimpse at Human Powered Aircraft (HPA)
This is a preview 5
built its successor, the Gossamer Albatross, which won the second
Kremer prize for successfully flying from England to France.6
Click to show "Gossamer Condor" result 15The Gossamer Albatross won a
second Kremer prize for a human-powered flight across the English
chann...7
experimental aircraft: :*the Gossamer Albatross, which crossed the
English Channel, :*the Solar Challenger, a solar electric-powered
version that also made an English Channel crossing, :*NASA's
Pathfinder/Helios series 8
flight, and for his Gossamer Albatross, which crossed the English
Channel.9
Gossamer Albatross adalah sebuah pesawat terbang tenaga-manusia dibuat
oleh Dr Paul B. MacCready.10
Made by AeroVironment.
It is the successor of the Gossamer Condor .
Gossamer Albatross craft, which flew 22.5 miles across the English
Channel.11
Gossamer Albatross Paul MacCready's Gossamer Albatross a model of
aviation efficiency... but a world away from modern day machines.12
Gossamer Albatross percorse 38,5 km in 2 ore e 49 minuti, raggiungendo
la velocità massima di 29 km/h ad un'altezza media di 1,5 metri.13
MacCready Gossamer Albatross, which became the first human-powered
aircraft to fly across the English Channel in 1979.14
MacCready’s Gossamer Albatross won a Kremer prize for crossing the
English Channel. In May 1988 MIT’s Daedalus was pedaled 74 miles
across the Aegean Sea by Kannellos Kanelopoulos.15
previous Gossamer Albatross project, was to win the prize.16
The Gossamer Albatross aircraft is designed to fly long distances with
a human as the only power source.17
The Gossamer Albatross II was involved in slow-speed flight tests at
the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California in the spring
of 1980.18
the Gossamer Albatross whilst awaiting the right conditions for what
proved to be the first successful man-powered flight across the
English Channel on 12 June 1979.19
The Gossamer Albatross won two parts of the Kremer Prize
for individual feats involving human powered flight. This flight would
earn the designer Paul MacCready £100,000.20
Height Main
4.88 m
Designer
Paul MacCready
Predecessor
Gossamer Condor
Length Alt
34
Height Alt
16
Range Main
56.33
Loaded Weight Main
97.5
Max Speed Alt
18 mph
Developed Into
Gossamer Penguin
Max Speed Main
28.97
Developed From
Gossamer Condor
Status
Number Built
2
Crew
1
Span Main
29.77 m
Area Main
2720.4
Span Alt
98
Manufacturer
Useful Load Main
65.5
First Flight
1979
Origin
United States
National Origin
United States
Loaded Weight Alt
215.0
Empty Weight Alt
70.0
Length Main
10.36 m
Area Alt
488
Range Alt
35 miles
Similar Aircraft
*SUMPAC
Related
*Gossamer Condor
Empty Weight Main
32.0
Useful Load Alt
145.0
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