In 1979, 26-year-old cyclist Bryan Allen flew the man-powered "Gossamer Albatross" across the English Channel.

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Last December it did so, on the grounds that man-powered transport was inhuman.

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At the front were 300 man-powered boats, with thousands of volunteers propelling them down river, flags and streamers fluttering around them.

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Its landmark event is the Man-Powered Flight, for which contestants build rudimentary wings and propellers and hurl themselves off the harbour wall, flapping wildly.

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The most striking additions are of course the caterpillar tread on the back and ski on the front, in theory enabling this thing to manage a man-powered escape across land or snow.

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The offender, described as a well-built white man wearing blue clothing, fled from the scene on a high-powered motorbike.

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Paul MacCready, the man behind the Gossamer Condor, the first human-powered aircraft, founded the mini-conglomerate.

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The unerring McFadden landed his second penalty to cut the deficit and then powered over for a 23rd-minute try following a neat offload from man of the match Isa Nacewa.

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Half action-RPG, half real-time strategy, the game is the latest brainchild of Chris Taylor, the man behind Gas Powered Games.

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