Dutch teen develops pedal-powered plane

the last picture on this link really tells the story of all those years of hard work. really captures what accomplishing your goals feels like. good for him.

His name is mispelled as ‘Jesse Van Kuijk’, it's actually ‘Jesse van Kuijk’.

Long long history here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kremer_prizes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedaliante

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossamer_Condor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Daedalus