Gossamer Albatross
| Gossamer Albatross | |
|---|---|
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| Peranan | Pesawat eksperimen |
| Negara pengeluar | Amerika Syarikat |
| Pengeluar | AeroVironment |
| Direka oleh | Paul MacCready |
| Penerbangan sulung | 1979 |
| Status | Pameran muzium (kedua-duanya) |
| Jumlah dibina | 2 |
| Dibangunkan dari | Gossamer Condor |
Gossamer Albatross adalah sebuah pesawat kuasa manusia yang dibina oleh syarikat AeroVironment kepunyaan seorang jurutera aeronautika Amerika Syarikat Dr. Paul B. MacCready. Pada 12 Jun, 1979 pesawat ini berjaya melintasi Terusan Inggeris bagi memenangi Hadiah Kremer bagi kali kedua.
Lihat juga
[sunting | sunting sumber]Rujukan
[sunting | sunting sumber]Bacaan lanjut
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Allen, Bryan. Winged Victory of "Gossamer Albatross". National Geographic, November 1979, vol. 156, n. 5, p. 640-651
- Morton Grosser. Gossamer Odyssey: The Triumph of Human-Powered Flight. MBI Press, 2004; Dover Publications, Inc., 1991; Houghton Mifflin Co., 1981
- Morton Grosser. On Gossamer Wings. York Custom Graphics, 1982
- Ciotti, Paul. More With Less - Paul MacCready and the dream of efficient flight. Encounter Books, 2002. ISBN 1-893554-50-3
Pautan luar
[sunting | sunting sumber]- NASA's page on Gossamer Albatross II Diarkibkan 2003-02-25 di Wayback Machine
- NASA image of Gossamer Albatross II Diarkibkan 2003-03-08 di Wayback Machine
- List of displayed aircraft at Udvar-Hazy center Diarkibkan 2007-08-17 di Wayback Machine
- Gossamer Albatross II at Seattle Museum of Flight Diarkibkan 2006-06-25 di Wayback Machine
- Shows various MacCready & Aerovironment aircraft, including Gossamer Penguin
- Gossamer Albatross photography by the team's photographer, Don Monroe
- Solar Challenger photography
