"The Flight of the Gossamer Condor"
The inspiring true-life story of
history's first successful
human-powered airplane,
filmed as it happened
Shedd Productions, 1978

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Mariana Gosnell witnessed the historic flight, and provided still photographs to Shedd Productions for use in this winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject. Read about her side of the story in Zero 3 Bravo.
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From the publisher, Shedd Productions

THE FLIGHT OF THE GOSSAMER CONDOR film tells the inspiring true story of history's first successful human-powered flight. Renowned inventor Dr. Paul MacCready and his team were filmed creating the world-famous pedaled-powered airplane as it happened.

This Documentary film from filmmaker Ben Shedd and Producer Jacqueline Phillips Shedd received the 1978 Academy Award® Oscar® for Best Documentary Short Subject and 14 other International film awards.

The historic flight of the Gossamer Condor was featured as one of the Millennium Moments in the National Geographic® magazine February 1998. This family film about the first successful human powered airplane shows an historic landmark event in the world of flight.