AeroVironment Vehicles/Models Selected
for Permanent Collections in the
Smithsonian Institution
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In 1977 the Gossamer Condor won the Kremer prize for the first controlled, human-powered airplane flight.

The Gossamer Albatross won a second Kremer prize for a human-powered flight across the English channel in 1979.

In 1981 the Solar Challenger achieved the first solar-powered flight across the English Channel.

The Sunraycer won the first trans-Australian solar-powered car race
in 4-1/2 days—two days ahead of its nearest competitor—in 1987.

Quetzacoatlus Northropi (QN) replicated the flight of the largest winged dinosaur—the 36-foot-wingspan pterodactyl—for an IMAX movie in 1985.

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