- 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...
- 1961 by
Derek Piggott in
Southampton University's Man
Powered Aircraft (
SUMPAC).
Perhaps the best-known human-powered
plane is the
Gossamer Albatross,...
-
MacCready Gossamer Condor Aircraft of
comparable role, configuration, and era
SUMPAC "Gossamer
Albatross ECN-12665". NASA.
Retrieved March 26, 2015. "Gossamer...
-
Aegean Sea; the
aircraft weighed around 30 kg; to gain the
Kremer prize,
SUMPAC of the
University of
Southampton made the
first human-powered
flight in...
- 254 lb (115 kg)
Performance Cruise speed: 18–21 mph (29–33 km/h, 16–18 kn)
SUMPAC HMPAC Puffin List of human-powered
aircraft Taylor, John W. R., ed. (1973)...
- human-powered
aircraft to make an
officially authenticated take-off and
flight (
SUMPAC) – The
University of
Southampton Hale rockets,
improved version of the Congreve...
- 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...
- for many
serious and
fatal gliding accidents. On 9
November 1961,
flying SUMPAC (Southampton University's Man
Powered Aircraft),
Derek Piggott became the...
