Helmut Haessler and Franz Villinger, engineers from the Junkers company, built a sailplane like aircraft called the Muffi which had a footcranked pusher propeller. It flew 722 m (790 yards) after an elastic aided launch and was awarded a consolation prize by Flugsport magazine for the first man powered flight of 1 km (0.6 mile) around two pylons set 400 m (437 yards) apart.
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