{"id":9341,"date":"2014-10-10T14:46:44","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T21:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=9341"},"modified":"2014-10-10T14:46:44","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T21:46:44","slug":"new-british-club-hpas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/new-british-club-hpas\/","title":{"rendered":"A New British Club for HPAs"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the last six decades, the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)<\/a> has overseen records keeping for human powered aircraft (HPAs).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They report, \u201cThe Man Powered Aircraft Group of the Royal Aeronautical Society originated in 1959 when the members of the Man Powered Group of the College of Aeronautics at Cranfield were invited to become a group of the Society. Its title was changed from ‘Man’ to ‘Human\u2019 in 1988 in recognition of the many successful flights by woman pilots.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Bryan<\/a>

Bryan Allen perilously close to English Channel waters as he pedals toward France, July 17, 1979<\/p><\/div>\n

Mr. Henry Kremer turned the wistful dreams of many to serious competition by donating over 275,000 pounds sterling ($440,000 at today\u2019s exchange rates) in prize money for achievements such as flying a figure eight around to markers a half-mile apart and starting and finishing 10 feet above the ground \u2013 won by Paul MacCready, the airplane\u2019s designer and Brian Allen, the pilot.\u00a0 The won their 50,000 pound prize on August 23, 1977, and scored a second win on June 12, 1979 by flying the Gossamer Albatross 22 miles across the English Channel.<\/p>\n