Paul MacCready; seen here on El Mirage Dry Lake; was in a league of his own as inventors go. Inventor of the Gossamer Condor & Albatross; (twice winners of Kremer prizes); a wing-flapping flying scale model of a Pterosaur; among many unique creations. The drylake was his wind-tunnel and a favorite testing ground. Circa 1986.

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