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RAeS Lecture: A Flying Dutchman in Japan

RAeS Lecture: A Flying Dutchman in Japan – the story of the first European human powered aircraft entry in the Japan International Birdman Rally by Jesse van Kuijk, PhD A human powered aircraft (HPA) is an aircraft powered only by the legs of the pilot. Flying on the very edge of physics, each HPA flight is a triumph of lightweight engineering, low speed aerodynamics, and a heroic pedalling effort. Jesse has designed, built, and flown, the first successful HPA of the Netherlands, in 2009. He made the design when he was still in high school! Two more HPA projects have followed since. This lecture told the story of the second HPA project, where Jesse teamed up with the Dutch Consulate in Japan to enter the first ever European HPA in the Japan International Birdman Rally (JIBR) in 2012. The JIBR is an annual, televised HPA competition, held over Lake Biwa in Japan. It is the largest and oldest continuous HPA competition in the world. Every year about twelve such aircraft, built by Japanese university teams and industry professionals, compete for the longest flight distance. Building and flying a 32 meter wingspan aircraft, abroad, in just three months – it sounds incredulous, even to aerospace industry professionals. But it did happen, and this is the story.