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The Flight of the Gossamer Condor

 
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The Flight of the Gossamer Condor

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  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: Science & Technology
  • Movie Type: Biography, Inventions & Innovations
  • Release Year: 1978
  • Run Time: 27 minutes

Plot

On display at the National Air and Space Museum, the Gossamer Condor is the embodiment of a dream. In this Academy Award-winning documentary, the historical and personal success of being able to fly like a bird are seen through the efforts of inventor Dr. Paul MacCready. Filmmaker Ben Shedd follows MacCready, his family, and his team over a period of a year as they attempt to win the Kremer Prize for successful human-powered airplane flight. This is an inspiring and uplifting story filmed as it really happened. ~ Cara Saposnik, All Movie Guide

Credit

Ben Shedd - Producer, Jacqueline Phillips Shedd - Producer
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The Flight of the Gossamer Condor
Directed by Ben Shedd
Produced by
Jacqueline Phillips Shedd
Ben Shedd
Starring Bryan Allen
Cinematography Boyd Estus
Editing by
Ben Shedd
Release date(s) 1978
Running time 27 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Flight of the Gossamer Condor is a 1978 short documentary film directed by Ben Shedd, about the development of the Gossamer Condor, the first human-powered aircraft. It won an Academy Award in 1979 for Documentary Short Subject.[1]

Cast

References

  1. ^ "New York Times: The Flight of the Gossamer Condor". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/17802/The-Flight-of-the-Gossamer-Condor/details. Retrieved 2008-05-28. 

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Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject

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