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The guy made it ! 30Kfeet, 6'carbon wing with winglets on his back.
Looked pretty cool to me. Now I wanna see a streamlined body fairing & control surfaces. |
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I saw the Red Bull Flugtag in SF a while back. Same idea.
What a blast. How many glider pilots would release if they KNEW that the result was a landing in 55 degree (cold) Pacific water? This guy is crazy and fun. Good for him! I know I wouldn't do it... I hope they get some glider expert on the BBC to talk about it and give a good wink at the end... |
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I sorta found it a bit boring and a bit of a con, I mean sure nobody has
done it before, but it's not like it's an amazing feat. Hell I would do it tomorrow if someone else would pay for it (like redbull). Bit of a publicity stunt no doubt hyped to the media by his sponsor. At the beginning of the week, the BBC were advertising it as the first attempt to cross the channel unpowered which was very wrong. The channel has been crossed by a hang-glider before, and that was without a lift to 30k feet. I would classify it in the same sort of category really, I know that it's not actually a hang glider as he has it strapped to his back, he's not hanging, but still, in reality it's the same principle. Just my moan, Justin. "Mark James Boyd" wrote in message ... I saw the Red Bull Flugtag in SF a while back. Same idea. What a blast. How many glider pilots would release if they KNEW that the result was a landing in 55 degree (cold) Pacific water? This guy is crazy and fun. Good for him! I know I wouldn't do it... I hope they get some glider expert on the BBC to talk about it and give a good wink at the end... |
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There was a French guy called Valentin, who in the fifties did the same =
sort of thing with a wing of some sort or a special suit. As I recall he = ended up doing a passable imitation of Wylie Coyote and made a big = impression on a field somewhere in southern England. |
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