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- Birth namePaul Beattie MacCready
- Paul B. MacCready was born on September 29, 1925 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He is known for Nova (1974), The Flight of the Gossamer Condor (1978) and 20/20 (1978). He was married to Judy MacCready. He died on August 28, 2007 in Pasadena, California, USA.
- SpouseJudy MacCready(? - August 28, 2007) (his death, 3 children)
- Children: sons Parker, Tyler MacCready, Marshall.
- In 1979, his "Gossamer Albatross" made the first human-powered flight across the English Channel. It weighed 70 pounds and had a 96-foot wingspan. Bryan Allen was the pilot for the flight which took nearly three hours.
- In 1977, the Condor made the first sustained, controlled flight powered solely by a human. Pilot Bryan Allen steered and provided the pedal-power for the seven-and-a-half-minute flight, which covered a figure-eight course a half-mile long in Shafter, California.
- He designed the "Gossamer Condor", the first fully capable human-powered flying machine. It was constructed from aluminum, Mylar, foam, and piano wire, and weighed just 70 pounds.
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