1 posted on
07/30/2003 10:44:21 PM PDT by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
He's pretty cool. Go
HERE for his website. Lots of flash intro and stuff. They have a picture of his glide wing under "newset projects"
prisoner6
2 posted on
07/30/2003 10:57:27 PM PDT by
prisoner6
( Right Wing Nuts hold the country together as the loose screws of the left fall out!)
To: HAL9000
3 posted on
07/30/2003 10:59:19 PM PDT by
isthisnickcool
(Thanks for the memories!)
To: HAL9000
Forgot to mention videos you can stream or d'load.
prisoner6
4 posted on
07/30/2003 11:00:23 PM PDT by
prisoner6
( Right Wing Nuts hold the country together as the loose screws of the left fall out!)
To: HAL9000
I'm not sure I would call this crossing the channel in unpowered flight with a 30,000 ft. (5+ miles) vertical boost at the start. If he had just done it off the white cliffs of Dover maybe but not when he needed powered flight to get up to the start to cross the 22 or so miles of the channel. It's impressive what he did nevertheless.
6 posted on
07/30/2003 11:13:13 PM PDT by
xp38
To: HAL9000
I was talking to one guy that does a lot of parachuting, and he said that if you jump out of those rear door airplanes, facing forward, and you shape your body just right, you can actually create lift and go higher than the plane before all the forces equalize.
I got a feeling this stuff is going to be big. And I wonder if our Special Forces will find a use for it. It would make HALO jumps even sweeter. Dive down at 200 mph and then skim the tree canopy, until you pull your shoot well below radar :)
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9 posted on
07/31/2003 3:08:07 AM PDT by
mhking
To: HAL9000
To infinity & beyond!!
Saw this on gma, real cool. I want one!! (And permission from my wife to do it!)
11 posted on
07/31/2003 5:00:27 AM PDT by
ctlpdad
(How much does being a full time Viking Kitty pay?)
To: HAL9000
Looks like the birth of the next "extreme" sport. Snowboard and surfboard manufacturers should be retooling to add this to the product line. I'll bet there will be 20 variants of this for sale within a month. Add a leaf blower motor and a ducted fan and maybe you'll get a worthwhile boost in range.
To: HAL9000
16 posted on
07/31/2003 5:59:49 AM PDT by
mommybain
(not Walmart greeter material)
To: HAL9000
cool ping.
To: HAL9000
Austrian parachuter Felix Baumgartner prepares to jump from the arm of the Christ the Redeemer statue overlooking Rio de Janeiro in this file photo. Freefalling at 124 mph, Baumgartner will attempt to create history on Thursday by flying across the Channel wearing a special wing. REUTERS
22 posted on
07/31/2003 8:13:29 AM PDT by
RoughDobermann
(Who are you tryin' to get crazy with, ese? Don't you know I'm loco?)
To: HAL9000
He shouldn't try that over some parts of North Carolina.
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