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Illustrations | xiii | |
Foreword | xvii | |
Introduction: Parallels | xix | |
Part I | The Gossamer Condor | |
1. | Stimulus: Forerunners of the Kremer Prize | 3 |
2. | The Kremer Prize: Human-Powered Flight 1938-1961 | 18 |
3. | Competition: Kremer Prize Projects 1961-1976 | 32 |
4. | Ground School: Paul MacCready Jr. | 50 |
5. | Genesis: The Origins of the Gossamer Condor | 66 |
6. | Eyrie: Mojave Airport | 83 |
7. | Fledgling: Mojave/Shafter | 98 |
8. | Adolescence: Shafter Airport | 111 |
9. | Practice: The Turning Point | 125 |
10. | Triumph: Winning the Kremer Prize | 137 |
Part II | The Gossamer Albatross | |
11. | Sequel: The Cross-Channel Prize | 155 |
12. | Evolution: The Gossamer Albatross | 174 |
13. | Endurance: The First Long Flights | 192 |
14. | Migrants: The Winds of Kent | 209 |
15. | Liftoff: The Edge of England | 227 |
16. | The Channel: Bleriot, Nous Sommes Ici! | 242 |
17. | Epilogue: Some Reflections on the Gossamer Projects | 256 |
Appendices | ||
The Gossamer Squadron | 269 | |
The Rules for the Kremer Competitions | 270 | |
Members of the Man-Powered Aircraft Group Committee, Royal Aeronautical Society | 279 | |
Bibliography | 280 | |
Index | 286 |
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