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Heradel

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on: July 29, 2008, 02:04:37 PM


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Reply #1 on: July 29, 2008, 02:05:55 PM
I love Egyptian kings!

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Reply #2 on: July 29, 2008, 04:17:14 PM
Cool!  But I prefer the crazy rocket wings that the guy was flying around with earlier this year.  The EAA is awesome.  Been there many times but won't make it this year.   

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.    -  Carl Sagan

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Reply #3 on: July 31, 2008, 03:33:12 AM
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“People come up and go, ‘Is it safe?’ ” Mr. Martin said. “Safety is a relative thing. We think we have done a lot to make this by far the safest jetpack ever built.” But, he acknowledged, “It’s not a high bar.”


My prediction: with a gift for understatement like that, this guy will go far...


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Reply #4 on: August 13, 2008, 02:46:12 AM
I dunno.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=vyb6vnX1My0&feature=related
A pair of stilts might be as much fun, since they hardly ever let go of it and it only goes up 6 feet. Sounds like a ground-effect thing going on.

Ooh - maybe try a powered parachute:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=fCLu2ex7jMA
I watched a documentary where some guys took one (out of two) over Mt Everest.


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Reply #5 on: August 13, 2008, 06:27:01 AM
Quote from: Planish on August 13, 2008, 02:46:12 AM
I dunno.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=vyb6vnX1My0&feature=related
A pair of stilts might be as much fun, since they hardly ever let go of it and it only goes up 6 feet. Sounds like a ground-effect thing going on.




The pilot in the video is the reporter on his first try.  They just didn't want him to kill himself. 


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