Theseus seven most courageous youths and the seven most beautiful maidens were to board a boat and be sent as tribute to Crete, never to be seen again. In another version, King Minos had waged war with the Athenians and was successful. He then demanded that, at nine-year intervals, seven Athenian boys and seven Athenian girls were to be sent to Crete to be devoured by the Minotaur, a half-man, half-bull monster that lived in the Labyrinth created by Daedalus. On the third occasion, Theseus volunteered to talk to the monster to stop this horror. He took the place of one
MIT Daedalus aircraft suffered damage to the right wing, fuselage, and propeller. "Daedalus 87" was repaired and returned to service to act as a backup airplane to "Daedalus 88". "Daedalus 87" was on display in the lobby at the Museum of Science, Boston until 2009, and is now on display above the tram stop for Terminal B at Dulles Airport outside Washington, DC. The final aircraft in the MIT Daedalus series, "Daedalus 88", was used in the flight from Crete. Pieces of "Daedalus 88" are now in storage at the Smithsonian's restoration facility. Both Daedalus aircraft were constructed with a framework of