The MacCready Gossamer Condor was the first human-powered aircraft capable of controlled and sustained flight, and it won the first Kremer prize in 1977. Paul MacCready and Peter Lissaman of AeroVironment designed it with a very large wing in the manner of a hang glider, a pilot gondola beneath and a canard on a fuselage extension, built mostly of lightweight plastics with aluminium spars. Bryan Allen, an amateur cyclist, flew the figure-eight course at Minter Field in Shafter, California on 23 August 1977. It has a wingspan of 96 feet and an empty weight of 70 pounds, and it is preserved at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
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flown at Mojave airport by MacCready's sons on 26 December 1976
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was the first human-powered aircraft capable of controlled and sustained flight
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The aircraft is preserved at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
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Its design was led by Paul MacCready of AeroVironment, Inc.
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at Minter Field in Shafter, California
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