Bryan Allen (hang glider)

This article is about Bryan Allen, the hang glider pilot. For the hockey player, see Bryan Allen (ice hockey).

Bryan L. Allen (born October 13, 1952 in Visalia, California) is self-taught hang glider pilot and bicyclist. He achieved fame when he piloted the aircraft that won the first two Kremer prizes for human-powered flight, the Gossamer Condor (1977) and Gossamer Albatross (1979). He later set world distance and duration records in a small pedal-powered blimp named "White Dwarf." As of 2011, he is employed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, working as a software engineer in the area of Mars exploration. Allen attended the Tulare Union High School in Tulare, California, College of the Sequoias, and Cal State Bakersfield.

Married to Jane K (Allen) 1986; divorced 2011. Daughter born 1988.

External links

• "Martian" bio for Bryan Allen
• Bryan Allen's home page

References

1. "The care and feeding of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Ground Data System (GDS)", 2005, NASA Technical Reports Server