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63 relations: Aircraft, Airfoil, Airglow (aircraft), Airship, Assisted take-off, Berlin Tempelhof Airport, Bossi-Bonomi Pedaliante, Bryan Allen (hang glider), Buoyancy, Carbon fiber reinforced polymer, Catapult, Controllable slope soaring, Coupe Icare, Cranfield, Cranfield University, Crete, Dayton, Ohio, De Havilland, Derek Piggott, Electric aircraft, Enea Bossi Sr., Engelbert Zaschka, England, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, France, Gerhardt Cycleplane, Glider (aircraft), Halle (Saale), Heraklion, HMPAC Puffin, Human-powered helicopter, Human-powered transport, Imperial College London, Italy, John W. R. Taylor, John Wimpenny, Kremer prize, Lasham Airfield, Lift (force), List of human-powered aircraft, MacCready Gossamer Albatross, MacCready Gossamer Condor, Marathon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, McCook Field, MIT Daedalus, Musculair, Ornithopter, Pathé News, Paul MacCready, ..., Pennsylvania State University, Power-to-weight ratio, Prescott, Wisconsin, PSU Zephyrus, RAF Halton, Royal Aeronautical Society, Royal Air Force, Santorini, SUMPAC, University of Southampton, UTIAS Snowbird, Virginia Tech, Zero-emissions vehicle. Expand index (13 more) »
Aircraft
An aircraft is a machine that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.
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Airfoil
An airfoil (American English) or aerofoil (British English) is the shape of a wing, blade (of a propeller, rotor, or turbine), or sail (as seen in cross-section).
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Airglow (aircraft)
Airglow is a pedal-driven human-powered aircraft.
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Airship
An airship or dirigible balloon is a type of aerostat or lighter-than-air aircraft that can navigate through the air under its own power.
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Assisted take-off
Assisted takeoff is any system for helping aircraft to get into the air (as opposed to strictly under its own power).
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Berlin Tempelhof Airport
Berlin Tempelhof Airport (Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof) was one of the airports in Berlin, Germany.
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Bossi-Bonomi Pedaliante
The Pedaliante (Italian for "Pedal Glider") was a human-powered aircraft designed and built by Enea Bossi and Vittorio Bonomi and credited with, in 1936, making one of the first fully human-powered flights.
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Bryan Allen (hang glider)
Bryan Lewis Allen (born October 13, 1952) is an American self-taught hang glider pilot and bicyclist.
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Buoyancy
In physics, buoyancy or upthrust, is an upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of an immersed object.
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Carbon fiber reinforced polymer
Carbon fiber reinforced polymer, carbon fiber reinforced plastic or carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRP, CRP, CFRTP or often simply carbon fiber, carbon composite or even carbon), is an extremely strong and light fiber-reinforced plastic which contains carbon fibers.
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Catapult
A catapult is a ballistic device used to launch a projectile a great distance without the aid of explosive devices—particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines.
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Controllable slope soaring
Controllable-slope soaring (also known as Walkalong gliding) is a type of slope soaring where a slope is made to follow a walkalong glider (a lightweight toy aircraft), both sustaining and controlling the glider's trajectory by modifying the wind in the vicinity of the airplane.
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Coupe Icare
Coupe Icare (Icarus Cup) is an annual festival of free flight held between Saint-Hilaire (on the border of Chartreuse Mountains) and Lumbin (in the valley of Isère in France).
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Cranfield
Cranfield is a village and civil parish in north west Bedfordshire, England, between Bedford and Milton Keynes.
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Cranfield University
Cranfield University is a British postgraduate and research-based public university specialising in science, engineering, technology and management.
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Crete
Crete (Κρήτη,; Ancient Greek: Κρήτη, Krḗtē) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.
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Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the sixth-largest city in the state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County.
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De Havilland
De Havilland Aircraft Company Limited was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware on the outskirts of north London.
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Derek Piggott
Alan Derek Piggott MBE (born 27 December 1922) is one of Britain's best known glider pilots and instructors.
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Electric aircraft
An electric aircraft is an aircraft powered by electric motors.
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Enea Bossi Sr.
Enea Bossi Sr. (29 March 18889 January 1963) was an Italian-American aerospace engineer and aviation pioneer.
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Engelbert Zaschka
Engelbert Zaschka (September 1, 1895 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany – June 26, 1955 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany) was a German chief engineer, chief designer and inventor.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
The Fédération aéronautique internationale (FAI; The World Air Sports Federation), is the world governing body for air sports.
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France
France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.
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Gerhardt Cycleplane
The Gerhardt Cycleplane has been called the world's first successful human-powered aircraft.
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Glider (aircraft)
A glider is a heavier-than-air aircraft that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its lifting surfaces, and whose free flight does not depend on an engine.
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Halle (Saale)
Halle (Saale) is a city in the southern part of the German state Saxony-Anhalt.
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Heraklion
Heraklion (Ηράκλειο, Irákleio) is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete.
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HMPAC Puffin
The HMPAC Puffin was a British man-powered aircraft designed by a team headed by John Wimpenny, an aerodynamicist at the de Havilland Aircraft Company.
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Human-powered helicopter
A human-powered helicopter (HPH) is a helicopter powered solely by one or more humans carried on board.
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Human-powered transport
Human-powered transport is the transport of person(s) and/or goods using human muscle power.
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Imperial College London
Imperial College London (officially Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom.
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Italy
Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.
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John W. R. Taylor
John William Ransom Taylor, OBE Hon DEng FRAeS FRHistS AFIAA, (8 June 1922 – 12 December 1999) was a British aviation expert and editor.
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John Wimpenny
John Wimpenny (3 December 1922 – 27 April 2015) was an English aeronautical engineer who held the record for the longest human powered flight.
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Kremer prize
The Kremer prizes are a series of monetary awards, established in 1959 by the industrialist Henry Kremer, that are given to pioneers of human-powered flight.
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Lasham Airfield
Lasham Airfield is an aerodrome located north-west of Alton in Hampshire, England, in the village of Lasham.
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Lift (force)
A fluid flowing past the surface of a body exerts a force on it.
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List of human-powered aircraft
This is a list of human-powered aircraft.
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MacCready Gossamer Albatross
The Gossamer Albatross is a human-powered aircraft built by American aeronautical engineer Dr.
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MacCready Gossamer Condor
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.
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Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance race, completed by running, walking, or a run/walk strategy.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
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McCook Field
McCook Field was an airfield and aviation experimentation station in Ohio.
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MIT Daedalus
The MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics Department's Daedalus was a human-powered aircraftJohn McIntyre,, AeroModeller, August 1988 (in files of Royal Aeronautical Society Human Powered Aircraft Group) (accessed Nov. 13 2012) that, on 23 April 1988, flew a distance of 72.4 mi (115.11 km) in 3 hours, 54 minutes, from Iraklion on the island of Crete to the island of Santorini.
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Musculair
Musculair 1 and Musculair 2 are two human-powered aircraft designed and built by German academic and engineer Günther Rochelt.
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Ornithopter
An ornithopter (from Greek ornithos "bird" and pteron "wing") is an aircraft that flies by flapping its wings.
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Pathé News
Pathé News was a producer of newsreels and documentaries from 1910 until 1970 in the United Kingdom.
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Paul MacCready
Paul B. MacCready Jr. (September 29, 1925 – August 28, 2007) was an American aeronautical engineer.
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Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University (commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU) is a state-related, land-grant, doctoral university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania.
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Power-to-weight ratio
Power-to-weight ratio (or specific power or power-to-mass ratio) is a calculation commonly applied to engines and mobile power sources to enable the comparison of one unit or design to another.
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Prescott, Wisconsin
Prescott is a city in Pierce County, Wisconsin at the confluence of the St. Croix River and Mississippi River.
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PSU Zephyrus
The PSU Zephyrus is a human-powered aircraft being constructed by the Penn State AERSP 404H team.
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RAF Halton
Royal Air Force Halton or more simply RAF Halton is one of the largest Royal Air Force stations in the United Kingdom, located near the village of Halton near Wendover, Buckinghamshire.
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Royal Aeronautical Society
The Royal Aeronautical Society, also known as the RAeS, is a British multi-disciplinary professional institution dedicated to the global aerospace community.
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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.
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Santorini
Santorini (Σαντορίνη), classically Thera (English pronunciation), and officially Thira (Greek: Θήρα), is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast of Greece's mainland.
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SUMPAC
The Southampton University Man Powered Aircraft (or SUMPAC) on 9 November 1961 became the first human-powered aircraft to make an officially authenticated take-off and flight.
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University of Southampton
The University of Southampton (abbreviated as Soton in post-nominal letters) is a research university located in Southampton, England.
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UTIAS Snowbird
The Snowbird is a human-powered ornithopter that was built as a project of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS).
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Virginia Tech
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly known as Virginia Tech, and traditionally known as VPI since 1896, is an American public, land-grant, research university with a main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, educational facilities in six regions statewide, and a study-abroad site in Lugano, Switzerland.
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Zero-emissions vehicle
A zero-emissions vehicle, or ZEV, is a vehicle that emits no exhaust gas from the onboard source of power.
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