In 1979, 26-year-old cyclist Bryan Allen flew the man-powered "Gossamer Albatross" across the English Channel.
MacCready would go on to claim a second Kremer prize with another Gossamer: the Albatross.
Paul MacCready, the man behind the Gossamer Condor, the first human-powered aircraft, founded the mini-conglomerate.
On every Fourth of July he and the grown-ups would release these gossamer spirits, blue, white and red.
"Gossamer Gallants" is also designed by Mr. Loquasto, but here in an eye-filling array of electric blues and greens.
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Yet at his best he could render dreams on film with a gossamer-light facility that continues to beguile us.
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For an administration boasting only a gossamer mandate it would be harder still.
MacCready took on the first Kremer prize -- for flying a figure eight -- in 1977 with his Gossamer Condor craft.
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Overall, the attention to detail was conspicuous, from the feather-filled duvets and gossamer cotton sheets to heavy oak hangers in the spacious walk-in closet.
This would prove to be a pivotal period for human-powered aircraft, and the Gossamer designs would be the new reference point for future projects.
The Gossamer projects had spearheaded a new era where computational work was becoming increasingly important, especially in nailing down the precise aerodynamics and lift required.
While talks of a Transformer 2 are still just gossamer promise, you can always snag that Eee Pad Slider while you sit and wait.
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It's true that terms like "reasonable" time and "plausible" connection can sound like weasel words that would green-light consigning an American to indefinite detention on gossamer grounds.
The goo emerges from holes in the crustacean's legs and is spun into gossamer filaments by being stuck to a surface and then pulled out as threads.
His barrister, John Kelsey-Fry QC, had previously attempted to get the Huhne case thrown out of court, describing the prosecution's evidence as "insufficient", "circumstantial" and "at best gossamer thin".
The gliding gossamer ride of a BMW 7-series is astonishing, that's true, but the miracle moment slips away as the days pass, and the car begins to feel trifling and sedate.
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Belly-dancers wink behind gossamer veils that hide manly stubble.
Rothoron, the gossamer bridge suspended between sleep and wakefulness.
Last year the label launched Passion Pit's "Gossamer" by streaming the album exclusively on the site, thereby assuring that it would attract the sort of loyal, affluent and geographically diverse audience associated with public radio.
But, as his footfalls shook dust streams from the ceiling, the lamination would dwindle to gossamer cross-hatching, to a golden web, to a few glowing strands, to winking glints, and then, finally, to only the possibility of light.
With only one look so far at both "The Uncommitted" and "Gossamer Gallants, " I found the former, in which most of the 11 dancers involved get some form of a solo turn, more gray than gripping in its gloomy moods.
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