[hpv] HPA trifecta

[Jeff Wills]

I was in Washington D.C. last weekend to visit my wife, who just started a new career as a patent examiner. Since she's working full time (no time off yet), I looked around the Smithsonian, among other places. In the process, I visited a collection of significant human-powered airplanes.

The Gossamer Condor is at the Air & Space Museum on the Mall:
http://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/multimedia/detail.cfm?id=939
It's looking a little worn and wrinkled and in need of a good dusting.

The Gossamer Albatross is at the Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles Airport:
http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19810428000
It's in better shape, or perhaps the lighting hides the wrinkles better.

The Daedalus 87 is hanging at Dulles Airport, in Concourse B:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Daedalus_87_Dulles_Terminal_B.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Daedalus 
The display is well done, with one wingtip within a few feet of the escalator. 


Jeff Wills
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Make plans now to attend the 
Portland Human Power Challenge
http://www.ohpv.org/HPC/index.html
and the Recumbent Retreat
http://www.recumbentretreat.org/
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