Human-Powered Helicopters Get a Bigger Carrot

September 02, 2009

Inventors and engineers love a prize. Dangle a big enough carrot in front of them and you're likely to get results. This has been especially true in aviation. In the early days there was the $25,000 Orteig Prize, which Charles Lindbergh claimed when he flew the Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic Ocean to Paris in 33-1/2 hours. More recently, the $10 million Ansari X-Prize spurred a private space race.

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