Photography of the Gossamer Albatross human-powered aircraft. These photos cover the evening of the first flight, at Shafter, California, on July 16, 1978 through the Kremer Prize-winning Channel-crossing flight on June 12, 1979. These photos are presented in low resolution form. If you need high-resolution versions of any of these images, please contact me using email from the Home page. Click on any of the thumbnails to see a larger version, and click on any image for an even larger version.