Uploaded January 2011 | Updated September 2026, 11 minutes ago
There is a revised, much better version of this interview
youtube.com/watch?v=p0ggE69yBo4&feature=channel_video_title
In part 1 of 3 Dr.Tyler MacCready recalls the process that led to walkalong flying. Early hang gliding, paper airplanes and osmosis as his father, Dr. Paul MacCready, worked to develop human-powered flight. Most of the still cutaway images are from the Academy Award winning documentary Flight of the Gossamer Condor, available at
gossamercondor.com
The full transcript (a good read) is at sciencetoymaker.org
In part 2 Tyler recounts how appearing on Scientific American Frontiers created an opportunity to manufacture and sell walkalong gliders himself. In part 3 he talks about turning over operations to a toy company.
There is a revised, much better version of this interview
youtube.com/watch?v=p0ggE69yBo4&feature=channel_video_title
In part 1 of 3 Dr.Tyler MacCready recalls the process that led to walkalong flying. Early hang gliding, paper airplanes and osmosis as his father, Dr. Paul MacCready, worked to develop human-powered flight. Most of the still cutaway images are from the Academy Award winning documentary Flight of the Gossamer Condor, available at
gossamercondor.com
The full transcript (a good read) is at sciencetoymaker.org
In part 2 Tyler recounts how appearing on Scientific American Frontiers created an opportunity to manufacture and sell walkalong gliders himself. In part 3 he talks about turning over operations to a toy company.
