Today marks the first human-powered aircraft flight conducted in Shafter, California (🇺🇸). It was the first flight capable of controlled and sustained flight aboard the MacCready Gossamer Condor. Bryan Allen completed a figure-eight course around two pylons half a mile apart, starting and ending the course at least 10 feet (3.0 m) above the ground in six minutes 22 seconds. 🕐 He piloted the airplane to speeds around 11 miles per hour and produced less than 0.5 horsepower. Even with the pilot
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