He can fly!, HE CAN FLYYY! |
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 Sep 5 2004, 11:57 PM
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 Day's Nearly Over  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,553 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 45,183  |
Swiss man flies like a bird
A Swiss airline pilot has become the first man to fly horizontally thanks to two jet engines strapped to stubby wings. Rocket man Yves Rossy reached a speed of 112mph during the four minutes he spent hurtling through the Alps. His invention took five years to perfect. Rossy, 45, told the Daily Mirror: "It was absolutely fantastic - freedom in three dimensions. I felt like a bird." Attached to his three-metre wide, 40kg carbon wings, he launched himself from a plane high above Bex in Western Switzerland, leaving a spectacular vapour trail before landing by parachute. With his next prototype, Rossy hopes to be able to launch from the ground. And he believes his bizarre contraption has bags of potential - especially for Hollywood. "It would be a great device for James Bond so he can go behind enemy lines," he said. Rossy has already claimed a place in the record books by becoming the first to windsurf off a hot air balloon. |
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Sep 6 2004, 12:27 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 693 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 34,017 |
wow, where can i get one? first the airplane now this, whats next?
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Sep 6 2004, 12:49 AM
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distortion in its craziest. Group: Member Posts: 1,053 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 22,325 |
Oh yeah I saw that. I think he's trying to find a way to fly off the ground instead of flying off the airplane..
..yup. |
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Sep 6 2004, 02:00 AM
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 make me lala Group: Member Posts: 486 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 37,831 |
pretty interesting
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Sep 6 2004, 02:01 AM
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 PARTY NAKED Group: Member Posts: 485 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 33,032 |
i think thats jus effin awesome. i wanna do that. i think that would b pretty cool.
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Sep 6 2004, 02:10 AM
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 i'm susan Group: Official Member Posts: 13,875 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,029 |
wait so it's a biggg airplane u pilot in or the small one? >.<;;
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Sep 6 2004, 03:37 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,384 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 37,337 |
lol where did u get this? i'd like to read up on it a bit more i dunno if its believable uno? like that male pregnancy thing
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Sep 6 2004, 03:39 AM
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 doot doot doot Group: Member Posts: 1,803 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,954 |
QUOTE(F1R3B4T @ Sep 6 2004, 3:37 AM) lol where did u get this? i'd like to read up on it a bit more i dunno if its believable uno? like that male pregnancy thing there was male pregnancy!?!???! LOL hm.. see where technology is taking us to.. lol we're being more advanced by the second |
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Sep 6 2004, 07:32 AM
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 smiling hurts Group: Member Posts: 480 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 22,630 |
QUOTE(conster @ Sep 6 2004, 3:39 AM) there was male pregnancy!?!???! LOL hm.. see where technology is taking us to.. lol we're being more advanced by the second yea.. we are learning new technology at a rate of like 1.3 x faster than month before.. thats really crazy |
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Sep 6 2004, 07:52 AM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 3,102 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,162 |
I wanna fly too!
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Sep 6 2004, 07:53 AM
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 old school member Group: Member Posts: 1,796 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 843 |
I would do sooo many things if I had one of those.
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Sep 6 2004, 08:34 AM
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 WWMD?! - i am from the age of BM 2 Group: Member Posts: 5,308 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,848 |
haha k1mme.
 i wanna fly. but i doubt he really did, he just glided down to the ground from an airplane.. |
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Sep 6 2004, 08:43 AM
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thats qute awesome. i heard some guys inveneted jet packs, but they got jealous and killed each other so they cant be marcketed now
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Sep 6 2004, 10:26 AM
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My name is Jason, not imafreakinazn D: Group: Member Posts: 2,008 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 18,432 |
WHOA!!!! THAT'S SOOO AWESOME!!!!! ...i wanna fly....
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Sep 6 2004, 11:56 AM
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 hi. call me linda. Group: Official Member Posts: 8,187 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,475 |
wow, that's so cool. i wanna try!
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Oct 4 2004, 11:16 AM
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Mad Rooney Group: Member Posts: 365 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 53,418 |
nice one.... thanx mate
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