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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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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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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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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