MacCready Gossamer Condor

Gossamer Condor
A large airplane in a museum
General information
Typeexperimental aircraft
National originUnited States
ManufacturerAeroVironment
StatusOn display
Number built1
History
First flight1976
Developed intoGossamer Albatross

The MacCready Gossamer Condor was the first human-powered aircraft capable of controlled and sustained flight; as such, it won the Kremer prize in 1977. Its design was led by Paul MacCready of AeroVironment, Inc.[1]

  1. ^ John W.R. Taylor; Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1980-81, Page 786.