| The Flight of the Gossamer Condor | |
| Director: | Ben Shedd |
| Producer: | Jacqueline Phillips Shedd Ben Shedd |
| Starring: | Bryan Allen |
| Cinematography: | Boyd Estus |
| Editing: | Ben Shedd |
| Distributor: | Churchill Films |
| Runtime: | 27 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
The Flight of the Gossamer Condor is a 1978 American short documentary film directed by Ben Shedd, about the development of the Gossamer Condor, the first human-powered aircraft, by a team led by Paul MacCready. The Academy Film Archive preserved The Flight of the Gossamer Condor in 2007.[1]
In the education magazine Media & Methods, David Mallery called Flight of the Gossamer Condor "a film or extraordinary appeal", writing that "the Shedds' most subtle achievement - least flashy, most serving to their subject - is that we are thoroughly caught up in the work of the MacCready group, are intimately a part of their struggles, their determination, their energy." Mallery concludes "It's a joyous experience. I recommend it with special enthusiasm."[2]
The Flight of the Gossamer Condor won an Oscar at the 51st Academy Awards in 1979 for Documentary Short Subject.[3] [4]