Paul MacCready | |
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![]() MacCready shows a cross section of the Helios Prototype wing spar. | |
Born | Paul Beattie MacCready Jr. September 25, 1925 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
Died | August 28, 2007 Pasadena, California, U.S. | (aged 81)
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Occupation | Engineer |
Engineering career | |
Projects | AeroVironment |
Paul B. MacCready Jr. (September 25, 1925 – August 28, 2007) was an American aeronautical engineer. He was the founder of AeroVironment and the designer of the human-powered aircraft that won the first Kremer prize. He devoted his life to developing more efficient transportation vehicles that could "do more with less".[1]