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Students Aim for Aviation History with Human-Powered Helicopter


Students Aim for Aviation History with Human-Powered Helicopter
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Students at the University of Maryland want to make aviation history by building the world's first human-powered helicopter. In 1980, the American Helicopter Society announced an award for the first person to accomplish such a feat. The prize has gone unclaimed for 33 years, but the student engineers are confident they can bring it home. VOA's Rosanne Skirble reports.

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