The Gossamer Penguin was a solar-powered experimental aircraft created by Paul MacCready's AeroVironment. MacCready, whose Gossamer Condor in 1977 won...
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The Gossamer Albatross is a human-powered aircraft built by American aeronautical engineer Dr Paul B MacCready's company AeroVironment. On June 12, 1979...
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designed as an improvement on the Gossamer Penguin, which in turn was a solar-powered variant of the human-powered Gossamer Albatross. It was powered entirely...
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a New Zealand ferry which sank near Wellington in 1909 MacCready Gossamer Penguin, a solar-powered experimental aircraft Antarctic Snow Cruiser, a 1930s...
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Mauro Solar Riser - first crewed solar flight in April 1979 MacCready Gossamer Penguin - second crewed solar flight in May 1980 Pathfinder Centurion Helios...
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Gossamer is an animated character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He is a large, hairy, orange or red monster...
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displayed at the National Air and Space Museum. Gossamer Penguin – A solar-powered variant of the Gossamer Albatross. Solar Challenger – This plane flew...
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circumnavigations Solar vehicle Renewable energy by country Other solar aircraft Gossamer Penguin Helios Prototype Qinetiq Zephyr Solar Challenger PlanetSolar, first...
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Experimental 1979 Operational 1 Human-powered aircraft. MacCready Gossamer Penguin USA Propeller Experimental 1979 Operational 1 Solar-powered aircraft...
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place at Lasham Airfield, Hampshire, on June 13, 1979. The MacCready Gossamer Penguin first flew carrying a pilot in 1980. The MacCready Solar Challenger...
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aircraft have been built, some of the best known by AeroVironment. Gossamer Penguin Solar Challenger – This aircraft flew 262 kilometres (163 mi) from...
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the Albatross. He later created solar-powered aircraft such as the Gossamer Penguin and the Solar Challenger. He was involved in the development of NASA's...
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solar powered plane capable of carrying a human. The result was the Gossamer Penguin which had its first flight on May 16, 1980, in Shafter, California...
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initiated its development of full-scale solar-powered aircraft with the Gossamer Penguin and Solar Challenger vehicles in the late 1970s and early 1980s, following...
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