Daedalus 87 - Dulles, VA
Posted by: DougK
N 38° 56.920 W 077° 27.120
18S E 287509 N 4313939
The Daedalus was a series of planes powered by a human pedaling a bicycle to drive the propeller. They weighed 69 pounds and a wingspan of 111.5 feet.
Waymark Code: WMB7DZ
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 04/14/2011
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Wikipedia tells us:
Daedalus 87 was the first of the two Daedalus airplanes constructed, and was flight tested extensively at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in California. During flight testing, Daedalus 87 was damaged in a crash caused by spiral divergence, with the rudder not able to supply enough control authority to recover from a disturbance-initiated right turn. The aircraft suffered damage to the right wing, fuselage, and propeller. Daedalus 87 was repaired and returned to service to act as a backup airplane to the Daedalus 88.
Daedalus 87 is now on display above the tram stop for Terminal B at Dulles Airport outside Washington, DC.
A video walk-around of Daedalus 87 at Dulles can be seen on Youtube.