- 50.89798; -1.39292 The
Southampton University Man
Powered Aircraft (or
SUMPAC) on 9
November 1961
became the
first human-powered
aeroplane to make an...
- University's Man
Powered Aircraft (
SUMPAC) at
Lasham Airfield. The best
flight out of 40
attempts was 650 metres. The
SUMPAC was
substantially rebuilt by Imperial...
-
catapult launches. In 1961,
Southampton University's Man
Powered Aircraft SUMPAC took to the air at
Lasham Airfield on 9 November,
piloted by
Derek Piggott...
-
Gossamer Condor Aircraft of
comparable role, configuration, and era
Musculair SUMPAC "Gossamer
Albatross ECN-12665". NASA.
Retrieved March 26, 2015. "Gossamer...
- 1961 by
Derek Piggott in
Southampton University's Man
Powered Aircraft (
SUMPAC).
Perhaps the best-known human-powered
plane is the
Gossamer Albatross,...
-
Flight Test
Section at
McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio. It was
flown in 1923.
SUMPAC Gossamer Albatross Gossamer Condor Pitts Sky Car
Related lists List of Human-powered...
- 50th
Anniversary celebrations of
Derek Piggott's
pioneering HPA
flight in
SUMPAC. In
August 2012
Airglow competed in the
Icarus Cup at
Lasham airfield against...
- human-powered
aircraft to make an
officially authenticated take-off and
flight (
SUMPAC) – The
University of
Southampton Hale rockets,
improved version of the Congreve...
-
Human athlete Propellers: 2-bladed wooden, 9 ft (2.7 m)
diameter Malliga 1
SUMPAC List of human-powered
aircraft . The
Daily Telegraph. 5 May 1962. p. 1....
- for many
serious and
fatal gliding accidents. On 9
November 1961,
flying SUMPAC (Southampton University's Man
Powered Aircraft),
Derek Piggott became the...
