File:11-Daedalus87Dulles09302025.jpg
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English: The Daedalus 87 hangs in the Washington Dulles Airport AeroTrain station atrium in the B-Concourse on September 30, 2025. The graphite composite 68-pound (31 kg) human-powered aircraft was created by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory. The second of the two identical aircraft constructed by the lab, Daedalus 88, holds the world record for human-powered straight-line duration and distance flight in a fixed-wing aircraft. This aircraft, Daedalus 87 crashed during testing on February 17, 1988 and was rebuilt as a backup. First displayed at the Museum of Science, Daedalus 87 has been exhibited at Dulles since December 15, 2009. |
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