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Human-powered helicopter hits flight-permanency record (VIDEO)
College Park, USA - In midair for 50 seconds
A 40-student team of the "James Clarke" Engineering School of the Universiy of Maryland (USA) set the new flight-permanency record for a human-powered helicopter: the aircraft, called Gamera II, remained in midair for 50 seconds. The "Pilot" Kyle Gluesenkamp, pedaling with arms and legs, managed to hover a lot more time than the 11.4 seconds reached with the same helicopter last year. This record...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency