Bryan Allen (hang glider)

This article is about Bryan Allen, the hang glider pilot. For the hockey player, see Bryan Allen (ice hockey).

Bryan L. Allen
Born (1952-10-13) October 13, 1952 (age 71)
Education

Bryan Lewis Allen (born October 13, 1952) is an American self-taught hang glider pilot and cyclist. He achieved fame when he piloted (and provided the human power for) the two aircraft that won the first two Kremer prizes for human-powered flight: the Gossamer Condor (1977; the first human-powered aircraft that met the specified criteria of the first Kremer prize)[1] and Gossamer Albatross (1979; the first human-powered aircraft to cross the English Channel).[2] He later set world distance and duration records in a small pedal-powered blimp named "White Dwarf."[3]

  1. ^ "10 Amazing Pilots You've Probably Never Heard Of". Flying Magazine. April 8, 2015. Bryan Allen: hardest-working pilot ever. Archived from the original on June 22, 2023.
  2. ^ "MacCready "Gossamer Albatross"". National Air and Space Museum. Archived from the original on June 15, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  3. ^ "The White Dwarf Flies Again". Archived from the original on May 25, 2015.[user-generated source]