Klaus Pfeiffer

Klaus Pfeiffer's Daedalus flight

DOCUMENTATION of the

*FIRST HUMANPOWERED FLIGHT -

IN THE HISTORY OF LITHUANIA*

October 23, 1960 YVES KLEIN did his famous

"UN HOMME DANS L´ESPACE" in Paris.

June 2001, while participating at the

"INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM - ON THE EDGES -

Japan & the Eastern culture in discussion

with the West" in LITHUANIA,

curated by SAULIUS VALIUS, Lithuania & 

sponsored by "EWALD HEIN FOUNDATION", Germany,

Ay-O from Japan asked

Klaus Pfeiffer, Greece ...if he would LIKE TO FLY!?...

...so leaflets were printed:

*Klaus Pfeiffer, Naxos/Cyclades, Greece*

FLIES!!!

He will fly Friday June 22 - 12:16 am

for EMMETT  WILLIAMS

Nida, Lithuania 2001

The *FIRST HUMANPOWERED FLIGHT

 IN THE HISTORY OF LITHUANIA*

took place next day as announced on the

DUNES OF NIDA!

The weather on that special day:

Northwesterly wind 6-7 Beaufort

Overcast - Rain

Visibility 600 - 700 m

Flight assistant: FRANCISCO FELIPE, Spain

Camerateam: YOSHIKO MARUYAMA, Japan

 Photographer: DIANA RADAVICIUTE, Lithuania

- the flight -

and the

-    the landing –

DETAILS

of the

*FIRST HUMANPOWERED FLIGHT

IN THE HISTORY OF LITHUANIA*

FOR EMMETT WILLIAMS!

a)Length of the strides

 on the dune: 2,20 m each

b)Depth of the hole, where

taking off: 0,50 m

c)Trajectory: 4,00 m

d)Height: 1,50 m

e) In: 1,2 sec

RECORDFLIGHT!

In comparison a migrating duck

flies in a speed of v = 29 m/sec

A FLUXUS PERFORMANCE

PANTA REI

PANTA REI

-BUT FLUXUS IS STILL IN FLUX

LET US HOPE THE FLUX REMAINS

IN FLUXUS - Emmett Williams

- AFTER THE FLIGHT -

(Being in ZERO GRAVITY) 

Nida/Lithuania, June 2001