tonycondon
Gastons CRO (Chief Dinner Reservation Officer)
Not sure if many of you recognize the name, but he has passed away.
MacCready helped revolutionize cross country flight by working out the math of the 'speed to fly' method of cross country flying. faster in sink and slower in lift. He won the US National championship in 48, 49, and 53. Then he got in to working with the Sierra Wave project and set international absolute altitude records. Later life was spent revolutionizing the field of human powered flight. He designed the Gossamer Condor and Penguin, as well as having a hand in NASA's Helios.
A short bio on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Maccready
MacCready helped revolutionize cross country flight by working out the math of the 'speed to fly' method of cross country flying. faster in sink and slower in lift. He won the US National championship in 48, 49, and 53. Then he got in to working with the Sierra Wave project and set international absolute altitude records. Later life was spent revolutionizing the field of human powered flight. He designed the Gossamer Condor and Penguin, as well as having a hand in NASA's Helios.
A short bio on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Maccready