Bryan L. Allen (born October 13, 1952 in Visalia, California) is a former amateur competitive cyclist and self-taught hang glider pilot. He was made famous when he piloted aircraft that won the first two Kremer prizes for human-powered flight, the Gossamer Condor and Gossamer Albatross. He also set world distance and duration records in a small pedal-powered blimp named "White Dwarf." As of 2006, he is an employee of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, working in the area of Mars exploration. Hang gliding is one of the windsports. ... The Kremer prizes are a series of monitory awards, established in 1959 by the industrialist Henry Kremer, that are given to pioneers of human-powered flight. ... The Gossamer Condor was a human-powered aircraft built by Dr Paul B MacCready. ... The Gossamer Albatross was a human-powered aircraft built by Dr Paul B. MacCready. ...
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