Birdman Flies across Channel

I wonder if there's a military application for this Eg. Special Ops
teams being dropped up to 30 miles from their tgt???

no comment, for the last decade.

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nt (Gordon) writes:


I wonder if there's a military application for this Eg. Special Ops
teams being dropped up to 30 miles from their tgt???

no comment, for the last decade.


Looks warmer than what a friend used to use. But I have to wonder about the
radar profile.

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"David McArthur" wrote in message
I wonder if there's a military application for this Eg. Special Ops
teams being dropped up to 30 miles from their tgt???

What, and carrying a 200 lb equipment backpack too? Doubt it. Still,
probably wont stop them nicking the idea for the next Bond film.

Si

In article ,
"Simon Robbins" wrote:

"David McArthur" wrote in message
I wonder if there's a military application for this Eg. Special Ops
teams being dropped up to 30 miles from their tgt???

What, and carrying a 200 lb equipment backpack too? Doubt it. Still,
probably wont stop them nicking the idea for the next Bond film.

Um... they already "nicked" it for the last one...

http://www.kineticaerospace.com/

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"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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Um... they already "nicked" it for the last one...

http://www.kineticaerospace.com/

Oh yeah. Well, just shows how memorable I found that movie!

Si

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From: (robert arndt)


http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/com...841794%5E401,0
0.html
Rob

I saw video of this guy flying his rig on ABC news. Jumped from somewhere
around 30K using oxygen and a specially heated suit.

I didn't know a Skyvan could get that high. How long would it take?

Since we were discussing glide ratios earlier, I fail to believe he would have
made it that far if his wing set-up was made of lead. He'd have been feeding
the sharks at the bottom of the channel faster then a speeding bullet.

Only if he were plankton; AFAIK the only sharks there are the Basking
kind.

Oh, and he almost "kilt" his own crazy self at the end of the flight when some
of his parachute cords got all tangled up, but it looked like a pretty cool
ride.
Dave

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Dav1936531 wrote:
From: (robert arndt)


http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/com...841794%5E401,0
0.html Rob

I saw video of this guy flying his rig on ABC news. Jumped from
somewhere around 30K using oxygen and a specially heated suit.

Since we were discussing glide ratios earlier, I fail to believe he
would have made it that far if his wing set-up was made of lead. He'd
have been feeding the sharks at the bottom of the channel faster then
a speeding bullet.


Nah, all the channel traffic killed them off thousands of years ago! ;-)



Richard.

(robert arndt) wrote in message . com...
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/com...%5E401,00.html

Rob

Why does everyone have to use the English channel as a bench mark? Why
not the gulf of tonkin (or whatever).

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(Tuollaf43) wrote:

Why does everyone have to use the English channel as a bench mark? Why
not the gulf of tonkin (or whatever).

Because it's been a bit longer since someone got shot down over the
English Channel for trying to fly across?

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Why does everyone have to use the English channel as a bench mark? Why
not the gulf of tonkin (or whatever).

Because its always been that way, since the dawn of flight. The channel was
the ultimate expression of "just out of reach", with Calais and Dover just far
apart that it seemed improbable that any human built contraption could ever
soar across that gulf. Bleriot was the first to prove that the distance could
be spanned by an aviator. From that time on, the Channel has served as the
beacon for adventurous aviators who wished to demonstrate a connection to
Bleriot, standing on the shore and saying, "I can do this, where others could
not.", much the same as Everest has stood blocking the view of generations of
mountain climbers.

v/r
Gordon
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