The $250,000 Sikorsky Prize for human-powered flight has finally been won. A Canadian team, AeroVelo, built a helicopter that was pedaled to an indoor altitude of a little over 3 meters and remained ...

A team of Canadian engineers have created the world's first human-powered helicopter. Aero Velo collected their $250,000 (£165,000) prize from The American Helicopter Society after decades of the ...

Cameron Robertson and Todd Reichert discuss Atlas, their record setting, prize winning human powered helicopter. The two engineers recently won the Sikorsky prize, a 33 year old challenge set forth by ...

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