Human powered flight has to be the holy grail of aerospace engineering.  Hang gliders, parachutes, even the crazy batsuits that have been featured in the media all testify to man's desire to fly.....without any power but his own.  

This week students at the University of Maryland brought mankind one step closer to fulfilling the dream when their Gamera helicopter broke the world record for human powered flight.  Check out the video:

From http://inhabitat.com/human-powered-gamera-helicopter-breaks-world-record/