Collection includes nine (9) original Beta Cam SP videos documenting interviews with Paul MacCready, the father of human powered flight. MacCready invented the Gossamer Condor and Gossamer Albatross.

Paul B. MacCready, the Caltech-trained scientist and inventor who created the Gossamer Condor -- the first successful human-powered airplane -- as well as other innovative aircraft, has died. He was ...

MONROVIA – The first pedal-powered flight over the English Channel almost didn’t happen when mechanical failure and the pilot’s own leg cramping threatened to ground the Gossamer Albatross 30 years ...

For centuries, human-powered flight eluded mankind. Many thought it was just an impossible dream. But several great inventions have been born from competition. Challenge man to do something ...

This collection consists of 2.36 cubic feet of photography taken by Donald Monroe of MacCready aircraft from the 1970s to the 1980s. This collection consists of 2.36 cubic feet of black and white ...

San Diego County has such a rich history in aviation, we thought it worth noting that today — June 12, 2012 — is the 33rd anniversary of an historic flight that was made possible, in part, by testing ...

Paul MacCready, pioneering designer of the first fully capable human-powered flying machine, has died, a spokesman said Wednesday. He was 81. MacCready was recently diagnosed with a serious ailment ...