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To: YankeeReb
His first attempt which has passed into legend took place when he leapt from the minaret of the Great Mosque in Cordoba. Equipped with a glider with wooden struts, he managed to fly and landed more or less unharmed.

"That's not flying! That's falling with style!"
- Woody

18 posted on 08/26/2012 5:19:51 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: dead
I not even sure there was style involved, falling yes but style not so sure.
29 posted on 08/26/2012 5:38:19 PM PDT by SledgeCS (I will vote for Obama when he admits that his idea of a transparency means "You cannot see it")
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To: dead; YankeeReb
His first attempt which has passed into legend took place when he leapt from the minaret of the Great Mosque in Cordoba. Equipped with a glider with wooden struts, he managed to fly and landed more or less unharmed.

"That's not flying! That's falling with style!"

- Woody

"The trick to flying is throwing yourself at the ground and missing."

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Mark

40 posted on 08/26/2012 6:08:17 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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