human powered aircraft

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human powered aircraft

The first human-powered flight

the story of Paul B. MacCready and his airplane, the Gossamer Condor
  • Taylor, Richard L.
1995
The story of how the first human powered airplane was invented and how it was flown.

First into the air

the first airplanes
  • McMullen, David
1978
Features two famous "first" flights: one in 1903 that was the first powered flight in an airplane and one in 1977 in which a man flew under his own power.
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