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1st Channel Crossing

Great Britain · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1979

Bryan Allen12 June 1979

Science / Technology

Pedals the flying "Gossamer Albatross" over the English Channel

Names involved

Bryan Allen

Provenance

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