History of National Ride The Wind Day

For a long time, the only species that could experience the weightless and peaceful feeling of flying or gliding were aerial animals. That was until humans started to crave that same feeling. Thus, introducing us to the concept of flight and Human Powered-Aircraft (H.P.A.s). These are aircraft belonging to the class of vehicles known as human-powered vehicles. Early attempts at human-powered flight were unsuccessful because of the difficulty of achieving the high power-to-weight ratio.

In 1904, the invention of a bicycle plane was documented, however, attempts made to fly this plane on July 30 of the same year…