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Video: Human-powered flight inventor Paul MacCready's TEDTalk

Paul MacCready, a true green transport pioneer, died recently. Ted.com has made available a video of a 21-minute talk he made in 2003. The talk has great stories about his amazing career, like the inspiration to create his first human-powered flying vehicle. It seems Paul had a $100,000 debt at the time and thought winning the $100,000 prize for the first human-powered flight vehicle was the perfect solution. He spent $65,000 to make the Gossamer Condor so that's why he had to win second human-powered flight prize of crossing the English ... Read more →

Paul MacCready, green transport pioneer, dies Lascelles Linton

Paul MacCready's Gossamer Condor was a wonder. I still remember the first time I saw the film of a man peddling to fly. The idea that a plane could be so efficient that a human could power it is... ...

Video: Human-powered flight inventor Paul MacCready's TEDTalk 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Paul MacCready, a true green transport pioneer, died recently. Ted.com has made available a video of a 21-minute talk he made in 2003. The talk has great stories about his amazing career, like the inspiration to create his first human-powered flying vehicle. It seems Paul had a $100,000 debt at the ...

Paul MacCready, green transport pioneer, dies 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Paul MacCready's Gossamer Condor was a wonder. I still remember the first time I saw the film of a man peddling to fly. The idea that a plane could be so efficient that a human could power it is... astonishing. That was not enough for Paul. He followed the Condor with solar-powered planes with NASA. ...


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