biography
| name: |
MacCready, Paul (Beattie)
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pronunciation:
[muhkreedee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1925– )
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| biography:
| Aeronautical engineer and inventor, born in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was the designer of the ultra-light aircraft Gossamer Condor, which in 1977 made the first man-powered flight over a one-mile course. Its successor, Gossamer Albatross, in 1979 crossed the 23 mi of the English Channel in just under three hours at a height of only a few feet, propelled and piloted by US racing cyclist, Bryan Allen. |
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