Here is a listing of HPV
related publications, many of
which are contained within the Kiwi HPV library. Call Paul
at
025 957 693 or email him at [email protected] for further
information,
or if you want to suggest additions to this resource page.
books
- general
bikes
Bicycle Technology |
Rob van der Plas |
1991 |
ISBN 0 933201 30 3 |
Bicycling Science (1st ed.) |
Frank Whitt & David Gordon Wilson |
1974 |
ISBN 0 262 263068 2 |
Bicycling Science (2nd ed.) |
Frank Whitt & David Gordon Wilson |
1982 |
ISBN 0 262 73060 X |
Bike Cult |
David Perry |
1995 |
ISBN 1 56 858 027 4 |
Encycleopedia 93/94 |
Jim McGurn (ed.) |
1993 |
ISBN 1 898457 00 X |
Encycleopedia 94/95 |
Jim McGurn (ed.) |
1994 |
ISBN 1 898 457 01 8 |
Encycleopedia 1996 |
Jim McGurn (ed.) |
1996 |
ISBN 1 898457 02 6 |
Encycleopedia #4 |
Jim McGurn (ed.) |
1997 |
ISBN 1 898457 03 4 |
Note: the Encycleopedias each consist of
a
glossy colour magazine with lots of nice pictures and a video cassette
showing
some of the machines in action. Very viewable!
|
Human Powered Vehicles |
David Gordon Wilson & Allan Abbott (eds) |
1995 |
ISBN 0 87322 827 8 |
First HPV Scientific Symposium |
Allan Abbott (ed.) |
1982 |
IHPVA |
Second International HPV Scientific Symposium |
Allan Abbott (ed.) |
1984 |
IHPVA |
Third International HPV Scientific Symposium |
Allan Abbott (ed.) |
1986 |
IHPVA |
Lords of the Chainring (cycle design booklet + program) |
Bill Patterson |
1999 |
The Moulton Bicycle |
Tony Hadland |
1982 |
ISBN 0 9507431 1 9 |
Richards' Ultimate Bicycle Book |
Ballantine and Grant |
1992 |
ISBN 0 86318 659 9 |
The Riddle of Richard Pearse |
Gordon Ogilvie |
1994 |
ISBN 0 7900 0329 5 |
Includes mention of his reciprocal pedal
drive
cycle made in 1902 |
So you want to build an HPV? |
British Human Power Club |
1996 |
48pp |
books - specific marques
The Spaceframe Moultons |
Tony Hadland |
1994 |
ISBN 0 9507431 6 X |
It's in the Bag! - A History in Outline of Portable
Cycles
in the UK |
T Hadland and J Pinkerton |
1996 |
ISBN 0 9507431 7 8 |
A very good history and review of the types
of
folding cycles available in the UK (read Western Hemisphere). |
Unfold and Ride |
H Drouen and F Smedts |
1996 (?) |
ISBN 90 801369 4 8 |
The illustrated catalogue of an exhibition
of
folding, demountable and small wheeled bicycles. Published by the
Nationaal
Fietsmuseum Velorama, Netherlands |
books - human powered aircraft
Birdman |
Allan Stewart |
1980 |
ISBN 0 575 02822 X |
The biography of a HP ornithopter builder. |
Gossamer Odyssey - The Triumph of Human-Powered Flight |
Morton Grosser |
1981 |
ISBN 0-7181-2033-7 |
Japan Birdman Rally |
published by YTV/NTV, Japan |
1991 |
ISBN 4-8203-9114-3 |
Review of the annual birdman rally where
many
HPA are launched. Text in Japanese. Profusely illustrated, recommended.
|
Man Powered Aircraft |
K Hukumoto and H Kimura |
1985 |
ISBN 4-334-97035-4 |
Text in Japanese. |
Man Powered Flight |
Keith Sherwin |
1975 |
ISBN 0-85242-436-1 |
Technical overview to HPA design
considerations. |
Man-Powered Flight |
Don Dwiggins |
1979 |
ISBN 0-8306-2254-3 |
Story of HP flight up to the success of the
Gossamer
Condor |
Man Powered Flight - The Oscillating Wings Machine |
Harijs Upenieks |
1990 |
ISBN 0-7316-9019-2 |
Theories and concepts about ornithoptic
flight
from one who made a series of HP ornithopters in the 1970s. |
Proceedings of the Human Powered Flight International
Symposium |
edited by Howard M Rush |
1994 |
AIAA/ North Western Section |
Review of Human Powered Flight to 1990 |
Chris Roper |
1991 |
self-published |
This book is the result of research that
was
later incorporated into Abbott/Wilson book "Human Powered Vehicles".
Copies
available from the author, 19 Stirling, Tavistock, LONDON WC2E 7NU,
United
Kingdom. |
The Fullness of Wings: The Making Of A New Daedalus |
Gary Dorsey |
1990 |
ISBN 0-670-82444-5 |
The trials and tribulations that led up to
the
success of the Daedalus flight across the Aegean in 1998. |
The History of Man-Powered Flight |
D A Reay |
1977 |
ISBN 0-08-021738-9 |
Comprehensive overview of the subject. |
To Fly Like A Bird - the Story of Man-Powered Aircraft |
Keith Sherwin |
1976 |
ISBN 561 00283 5 |
Covers the stories of the successful HPAs
as
at the mid-seventies. Non-technical. |
magazines - general
Bike Culture |
(quarterly) |
ed. by Jim McGurn |
published by Open Road, UK |
Bycycle |
(frequency not known) |
ed. by Jim McGurn |
published by Open Road, UK |
HPV News |
(monthly) |
published by IHPVA, USA |
Human Power |
(quarterly) |
published by IHPVA, USA |
HUFF - OzHPV newsletter |
(bimonthly) |
published by OzHPV Inc, Australia |
Recumbent Cycle News |
(bimonthly) |
ed. and pub. by B. Bryant, USA |
magazines - foldables
The Folder |
(bimonthly) |
#1 (August 1993) to #21 ( July 1997)
Published
by the Folding Cycle Society this magazine went on to become A 2 B |
A 2 B |
(bimonthly) |
#1 (August 1997) to present published by A
2
B |
videos - human powered
aircraft
The Flight of the Gossamer Condor |
Directed by Ben Shedd |
1978, 27 minutes |
|
Winner of the 1978 Best Short Documentary
Academy
Award. Distributed by Direct Cinema Limited Inc, Los Angeles, USA. |
Gossamer Albatross (Search For Adventure: Volume Three) |
Directed by Joseph Thompson |
1980, 53 minutes |
ISBN 1-55759-004-4 |
Copyright of Du Pont, Inc. Emmy Award
Winning
documentary. |
The Light Stuff |
Written and Produced by Mark J Davis |
1988, 60 minutes |
NOVA / WGBH Production |
Documentary on the successful Daedalus
project.
WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, USA |
Untitled |
Human Powered Flight Group of the Royal Aeronautical
Society |
1989?, 15 minutes |
|
A compilation of various HPA clips, done
with
an intent to show the publicity potential for corporate sponsors of
HPAs.
This video was produced to coincide with the launch of the Kremer
Marathon
and Seaplane Prizes. |
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