Hatfield Puffin

The Hatfield Puffin was a British muscle power aircraft developed by a team led by John Wimpenny . John Wimpenny was an aircraft engineer at de Havilland . The Puffin was built by the Hatfield Man-Powered Aircraft Club , an association of 29 engineers from the De Havilland Works.

On May 2, 1962, 39-year-old John Wimpenny ascended to his flight in the Puffin after a take-off distance of 100 meters. He needed about two minutes for the flight distance of 900 meters. This world record was broken only after ten years.

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Flight by Manpower (1962): [1]
Review of 1962: [2]

Individual evidence

↑ The Icarus of Hatfield. On Zeit.de from May 18, 1962
↑ The Guardian, May 5, 1962, p.1
^ The Daily Telegraph, May 5, 1962, p.1
↑ Die Zeit, May 18, 1962

[1] The Icarus of Hatfield. On Zeit.de from May 18, 1962

[2] The Guardian, May 5, 1962, p.1

[3] The Daily Telegraph, May 5, 1962, p.1

[4] Die Zeit, May 18, 1962