It was these prizes that inspired the biggest turning point in muscle-powered flight's history, and where the work of Dr. Paul MacCready and his various teams would start a new chapter in human-powered flight.

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That, and improving efficiency really made human powered-flight move from sustained hops and skips to the international crossings of the Albatross.

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Someone has achieved short bursts of human-powered, wing-flapping flight!

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This flight was important for a number of reasons, but in no small part because it represented the first controlled, sustained flight complete with human-powered takeoff.

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