Part 1 NOVA The Light Stuff (human-powered flight)

Sadly, this excellent documentary about recreating the mythical flight of Daedalus using modern material and other technology is no longer available. I bought it as a VHS tape. This kind of information loss due to changes in technology is called "data rot". The story of how this group at MIT overcame the enormous obstacles and setbacks on the way to triumph is part of of our technological history. It should remain available--especially for young people discovering engineering. Fun to watch, too!

Rich, aka eltajon (see comments below) shared that there's also a great book about this. Here is a link to a review--I can't wait to get it!
http://articles.latimes.com/1990-08-19/books/bk-2993_1_daedalus-project

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Science & Technology

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• human
• powered
• flight

[sciencetoymaker]

@eltejon Rich, I finally got around to reading it...wow! It's sad when the friendships fray but a great read. Could not put it down.

Slater

[sciencetoymaker]

@eltejon Bravo, Rich! I linked to a review, in the text section. I just ordered it! Thanks.

Slater

[eltejon]

@sciencetoymaker Found it. The Fullness of Wings, Gary Dorsey.

It all started with a group of guys who liked model rockets....

Rich

[sciencetoymaker]

@eltejon I searched for the book and found many articles, but not the book. If you can find the title I'll link to it.

Slater

[eltejon]

There is a book about this... I read it about 12 years ago.