The Gossamer Albatross was designed by Paul MacCready who is a well known aeronautical engineer. It was flown by a very fit bicycle rider Byran Allan. In June 1979 it was flown across the English Channel. This was a distance of 36 kms flown in just under 3 hours at an altitude of 2 meters.
Dr. MacCready went on to make a solar powered airplane that was similar to this one. It eventually flew a flight of 262 kms using solar panels that produced the same power as used by two hairdryers.
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