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Gossamer Albatross: flight of imagination

United States, 1979
film

Tells the story of Dr Paul MacCready’s and Bryan Allen’s attempt to design and fly a man-powered aircraft over the English Channel. Narrated by Ha..

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Those magnificent men in their flying machines or How I flew from London to Paris in 25 hours and 11 minutes

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The Icarus wish

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Icarus

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Dawn flight

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Flyaway

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The Flying man

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The Little airplane that grew

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Man in flight

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Let's go gliding

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Ride the wind

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Would You Like to Fly?

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Blake

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Experimental

United Kingdom, 1974
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Flight: a new awareness

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The Boy who could fly

United States, 1986
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