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Special forces to use strap-on 'stealth wings'
Daily Mail ^
| 6/6/6
| Hickley
Posted on 06/06/2006 9:10:01 AM PDT by worldclass
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To: NRA1995
How about this:
"The strap on wings will be used for a night time incursion to glide into a tight hot spot."
As a promotional saying. :-) 6/6/6 comedy, In Hoc will be here all day...yep.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:20:07 AM PDT
by
in hoc signo vinces
("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis. American gals are worth fighting for!")
To: worldclass
Cool idea, but I'm missing something in the article's math...
'moving 6 feet forward for every one foot he fell vertically' 'glide 120 miles or more' '30,000 ft'.
30K ft is about 6 miles. *6ft/1ft)*6mi = 36 miles. Much less than 120 miles mentioned in the article. Either they will be dropped from higher altitudes, take advantage of high winds, or something else?
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:20:43 AM PDT
by
posterchild
(Waiting for inspiration for a new tagline.)
To: worldclass
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:21:12 AM PDT
by
VoiceOfBruck
(Watkins, are you a pacifist? No sir, I'm not a pacifist, sir. I'm a coward.)
To: worldclass; Squantos
I NEED THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good thing me on Santa's "A" list, well...after the last case of Glenlivet, anyway.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:21:16 AM PDT
by
PoorMuttly
(Free Mexico - repatriate the refugees)
To: worldclass
Uh-huh. You go first! I'll be waiting for you with an advanced life support unit on the ground!
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:22:22 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
To: worldclass
Brings to mind, these guys...Think Flash Gordon
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:23:19 AM PDT
by
Zavien Doombringer
(Mr. Franklin, what form of customes did you create in Tiajunna? A beeber, Madam, if you can stune it)
To: RexBeach
Uh-huh. You go first! I'll be waiting for you with an advanced life support unit on the ground! And a backhoe to dig em' out of the hole they'll create.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:24:19 AM PDT
by
kjam22
To: in hoc signo vinces
Technology by an Austrian. Product developed by a German firm - ESG....according to the article in the Daily Mail.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:24:40 AM PDT
by
Churchillspirit
(We are all foot soldiers in this War On Terror.)
To: dirtboy
Dang, and to think I worry about getting bird poop on my car.*************
Yeah. If something goes wrong, it's them plus 200 pounds. There must be a way to jettison the extra weight.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:25:15 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: worldclass
What's next? Wing mounted hellfire missiles?
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:25:34 AM PDT
by
McGruff
To: McGruff
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:28:36 AM PDT
by
Zavien Doombringer
(Mr. Franklin, what form of customes did you create in Tiajunna? A beeber, Madam, if you can stune it)
To: devane617
If your concern is ground fire, this sounds better than a parachute.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:29:19 AM PDT
by
conservativewasp
(Liberals lie for sport and hate our country.)
To: McGruff
They could merge technology with this guy....
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:30:05 AM PDT
by
kjam22
To: worldclass
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-926587825785526870&q=jet+boots
Here is a video of jet boots in action that would work well with that flight suit. This fellow sustains 30 seconds of level flight at 2000 meters, jumping from a hot air balloon. It is taken late last year in Finland. He doesn't have nearly as aerodynamic an outfit to do it. Jet boots plus those wings should be quite a combination.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:30:52 AM PDT
by
Sundog
(cheers.)
To: Churchillspirit
Oh...I know, meant the Dutch jokingly. (since in the thread title it was referred to as a "strap on")
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:30:52 AM PDT
by
in hoc signo vinces
("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis. American gals are worth fighting for!")
To: worldclass; All
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:32:14 AM PDT
by
eureka!
(Heaven forbid the Rats get control of Congress and/or the Presidency any time soon....)
To: Reagan is King
That's just the prototype. Here's the production model.
To: Zavien Doombringer
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:33:09 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(an enemy of islam)
To: Sundog
He doesn't have nearly as aerodynamic an outfit to do it. Jet boots plus those wings should be quite a combination. Feed 'em a couple of Taco Bell Bean Burrito Especials a few hours beforehand and you've got afterburners as well.
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:34:11 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(When Bush is on the same side as Ted the Swimmer on an issue, you know he's up to no good...)
To: devane617
You hunt Quail with buckshot?
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posted on
06/06/2006 9:35:53 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know.)
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