Ever feel like you are flying when on your bicycle? How about actually flying while pedaling your bicycle?
Dutch Teenager, Jesse van Kujik, has made it happen with his pedal powered plane made out of balsa wood, polyurethane, and rip-resistant foil. All without even building a model or flying in a plane before.

This impressive project began in 2006, when the teenager started researching the Gossamer Condor (the first pedal-powerd plane to fly a figure-8) and the Gossamer Albatross (the first pedal-powered flight over the English channel.

During the next few years, van Kujik gathered materials and built a plane with an 85 foot wingspan and a bicycle chain attached to a propeller for acceleration. The maiden flight, about a week ago flew about 15 feet in the air for a distance of about 45 feet, but it is a promising start. At 19 years old, the teenager has accomplished what many only dreamed of. A few modifications and a bit more cycling and this teen will certainly accomplish some remarkable things.