Aerovelo's Human-Powered Helicopter Wins $250,000 Sikorsky Prize 58
First time accepted submitter oritonic1 writes "Since 1980, several teams have tried (and failed) to build a human-powered helicopter that could win the elusive $250,000 Sikorsky prize. But a Canadian start-up, Aerovelo, has finally taken the crown with Atlas, a human-powered craft that managed to stay at least 10 feet in the air, for 60 seconds, within a 30'x30' area."
Re:Ground effect (Score:5, Funny)
a stovepipe hat and a suit
That should have been specified in the Sikorsky prize rules