Human-powered aircraft - first sustained flight (sciencedaily.com) 2 points by iliketosleep 15y ago ↗ HN
[–] kbob 15y ago ↗ The HN headline is extremely misleading. It's the first sustained flight of a FLAPPING WING human powered aircraft.The Gossamer Condor demonstrated sustained flight in 1977. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossamer_Condor
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[ 4.8 ms ] story [ 13.7 ms ] threadThe Gossamer Condor demonstrated sustained flight in 1977. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossamer_Condor