The Flight of the Gossamer Condor | |
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Directed by | Ben Shedd |
Produced by | Jacqueline Phillips Shedd Ben Shedd |
Starring | Bryan Allen |
Cinematography | Boyd Estus |
Edited by | Ben Shedd |
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27 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Flight of the Gossamer Condor is a 1978 American short documentary film directed by Ben Shedd, about the development of the Gossamer Condor, the first human-powered aircraft. It won an Academy Award at the 51st Academy Awards in 1979 for Documentary Short Subject. The Academy Film Archive preserved The Flight of the Gossamer Condor in 2007.