Pedal power takes a nosedive. It was great while it lasted

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Pedal power takes a nosedive. It was great while it lasted

Pedal power takes a nosedive. It was great while it lasted. But the flight of Britains latest fan-powered aircraft ended rather abruptly
The plane, grandly named Jupiter, came down to earth with a crash after being caught by a gust of wind at the Royal Air Force station at Benson, Oxfordshire.
But for the pilot, 28-year-old Flight Lieutenant John Potter, it had been were when a were flight of fency. The bicycle-driven plane, which has an 80-ft wingspan, had stayed aloft for 44-seconds and flown a craditabls 500-yards, apurred on by his energetic padalling. Flight Lieutenant Potter stepped unhurt form a tangle of broken balau wood and plastic foil. All is not lost, however. the plane, built with the help of R.A.F. apprentices, will be ready to fly again in a couple of weeks. And they have their sights firmly set on the £ 10, 000 price being offfered for 1, 760-yard flight over a figure-of-eight course. Down to earth... A crash-landing for pilot John Potter after the 500-yard flight. March 1972

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