Glenn Tremml and the Wings of Daedalus;Prepa4ing to Reenact a Legend: Man-Powered Flight from Crete to the Mainland

From: The Washington Post | Date: June 17, 1987| Author: | Copyright information

Next March or April, if all goes as planned, Glenn Tremml will insert himself in a strangely beautiful plastic envelope suspended from hollow wing struts of graphite epoxy, climb atop a sort of reclining bicycle inside and pedal himself 69 miles through the air from the island of Crete to the mainland of Greece.

By so doing he will reenact in part one of western civilization's great and enduring myths-the legend of Daedalus, who built wings of wax and feathers and, in fleeing imprisonment on Crete, captured the dream of human-powered flight.

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