Posted on 04/29/2008 3:09:10 PM PDT by OnRightOnLeftCoast
It weighs only 30 pounds and can be fully weaponized for assault and rescue. It has a 6-foot jet-wing that is steered with handheld rotary controls connected to its rudder. And it can hide more than 100 pounds of combat gear in a built-in compartment. The Gryphon attack glider, designed to penetrate combat zones at 135 miles per hour, could revolutionize the art of parachuting. It has got to be at the top of James Bond’s Christmas list this year. Click here to see video of the Gryphon glider in action.
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If we’re seeing it, it’s already been used a bunch!
Cool. Very, very cool.
anybody whose familiar with its primary mission capabilities, please elaborate.
Wile E. Coyote , Acme Corporation on line one.
Thankfully they didn't go with the lowest bidder...
Wonder if anyone will survive training on how to use it...
Two words: Rommel’s Asparagus.
Flying Squirrel suit
Appears to require landing head first?
Unfortunately, if they're for the military, they probly go for $1 million each.
the article says that the wing is jettisoned prior to landing via conventional parachute.
Nope.
They do not exist, I can tell from personal experience these types of toys are fanstsy and none of our SF operators would ever use such a thing.
Everything you see is a disinformation campaign.
We do not jump out of high performacne aircraft at over 30k feet and slip undetected into indian country from 20 miles away, guided by precision satellite systems nor do we get extracted by the same HP aircraft. We walk in and tough it out.
Think in terms of technology like John Colter had when he was captured by the plains indians in the mid-1900s- you know, bare foot and naked.
MOLON LABE
God Bless our boys (and girls)in harms way and on the training grounds.
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