Name: Gustav Flies
Duration: P00H03M23S
Description: Gustav Mesmer (1903-1994) attempted to invent pedal-based and other types of flying machines. From southwest Germany, after trying to be a monk and a carpenter in his younger years, he spent 35 years in mental institutions. After his release he turned to making elaborate inventions to attempt human-powered flight, for which he became well known.

Gustav Flies

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Gustav Mesmer (1903-1994) attempted to invent pedal-based and other types of flying machines. From southwest Germany, after trying to be a monk and a carpenter in his younger years, he spent 35 years in mental institutions. After his release he turned to making elaborate inventions to attempt human-powered flight, for which he became well known.

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Gustav was a man of many dreams
And he dreamt them for so long
He prayed to reach the sky as brother Alexander
But there he didn’t quite belong
While hammering some boards
He called his faith a fraud
And the town was set a-cry
They put Gustav away
For thirty years he stayed
And read and dreamed of the skies

Someday you’ll see
Him pedal down that mound
And break all the ties that kept him so
Earthbound

His cell it got unlocked
He found a nice workshop
Umbrellas, chains, and harnesses and cogs
The local papers called him Icarus of Lautertal
But when he finally flew
There was no one there at all
He got his due
His inventions they all flew
In exhibitions near and far
He finally rose above
Feeling the world’s love
For all of his outsider art

Now you can see
Him pedal down that mound
No one could ever
Keep Gustav down

Gustav Flies

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from Eight, released July 29, 2022

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