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After 33 Years, Team Wins Human-Powered Flight Contest
The winners of the Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition will take home $250,000 and some serious bragging rights.
Japanese Team Aims For World Record In Human-Powered Styrofoam Plane
The team wants to beat the world distance record for a pedal-powered airplane.
Video: Maryland Student Hovers 8 Feet High in Human-Powered Helicopter, Smashing Previous Records
Records are made to be broken, and a bunch of students at the University of Maryland are smashing the ones … Continued
Watch It Live: Gamera Human-Powered Helicopter Attempts World Record Flight Today
Already demolishing the standing world record more than twice over, a massive human-powered quadrotor designed by students at the University … Continued
Video: Groundbreaking Giant Human-Pedal-Powered Helicopter Sets World Record
Want to see history made in the blink of an eye? About two weeks ago we wrote about Gamera, the … Continued
U. of Maryland’s Human-Powered Helicopter Aims to Make Aviation History Next Week
Two years, 50 graduate students, countless man hours, and mankind’s insatiable need to prove he can defy gravity will all … Continued
