A much better video is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-66AcTo9TU&feature=related
Posted on 05/15/2008 7:16:31 AM PDT by Eye On The Left
Years ago, aviation enthusiast and inventor Yves Rossy dreamed of soaring through the sky like a bird.
In 2006 that dream took flight.
Known as Switzerland’s "Fusion Man," Rossy in November 2006 became the first man in the world to fly with wings and four jet engines strapped to his body; on Wednesday he displayed that talent to the world.
The inaugural flight lasted six minutes in Bex, Switzerland, and included an emergency parachute programmed to automatically open if he were to black out, NBC11 reported at the time.
"The idea is to have fun, not to kill yourself," Rossy said in the story.
more at...
http://www.foxnews.com/images/370073/0_61_051408_scitech1.jpg
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That’s really pretty cool. Better than the dude with the flying squirrel outfit.
For those times when the ordinary hot water bottle just won’t do. :)
Exactly. Now, when this product is manufacturered in the Netherlands, the idea will be to kill yourself.
If a male flies over a nude beach with hot babes in one of these is there a danger of increased drag causing a reduction in lift?
No, but it increases his chances of safely landing on the carrier.
If he's lucky, yes.
It might make for a rather rough landing, that’s for sure.
Yes, because the wetted area has been increased and disrupted ... and further ‘wetted’, thus producing drag, which reduces speed, which decreases lift, which ...
And what if his name is Barney Frank, or Jim McGeevy?
I guess they'd need some viagra and special button fly pant for carrier landings. However, I guess they'd be restricted to one flight and landing every six hours.
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
She packed my bags last night pre-flight
Zero hour nine a.m.
And i’m gonna be high as a kite by then
I miss the earth so much i miss my wife
It’s lonely out in space
On such a timeless flight
And i think it’s gonna be a long long time
Till touch down brings me round again to find
I’m not the man they think i am at home
Oh no no no i’m a rocket man
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone
Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it’s cold as hell
And there’s no one there to raise them if you did
And all this science i don’t understand
It’s just my job five days a week
A rocket man, a rocket man
That was the first thing I though of too.
now if the Fusion Man actually had a fusion powered get up, now that would really be interested.
It depends on the angle of attack.
Wow...talk about a "tailhook" incident!
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