Over the course of just a few months, the Gossamer Condor made some 222 flights—sometimes several in a single day. Some of his competitors’ machines didn’t achieve that in their lifetimes. It was on its 223rd flight that the Condor completed the figure eight challenge and won the first Kremer Prize. Two years later MacCready would win the second Kremer Prize when the Gossamer Albatross successfully crossed the English Channel.
