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-------- Original Message -------- A skydiver, freefalling and being followed by a peregrine falcon. http://www.flixxy.com/you-can-fly.htm === end === |
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On Oct 13, 9:46*pm, Jack wrote:
-------- Original Message -------- A skydiver, freefalling and being followed by a peregrine falcon. http://www.flixxy.com/you-can-fly.htm === end === that is awesome |
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On Oct 14, 2:32*pm, wrote:
On Oct 13, 9:46*pm, Jack wrote: -------- Original Message -------- A skydiver, freefalling and being followed by a peregrine falcon. http://www.flixxy.com/you-can-fly.htm === end === that is awesome Fantastic footage, indeed. Just one question: how did the Falcon get up there? I cannot imagine him flying alongside the C-172 all the time it took to climb to altitude. Even when climbing, the Cessna would be too fast. Did the parachutist carry him along and toss him out the door before he exited? Uli |
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On Oct 14, 9:52*pm, GM wrote:
On Oct 14, 2:32*pm, wrote: On Oct 13, 9:46*pm, Jack wrote: -------- Original Message -------- A skydiver, freefalling and being followed by a peregrine falcon. http://www.flixxy.com/you-can-fly.htm === end === that is awesome Fantastic footage, indeed. Just one question: how did the Falcon get up there? I cannot imagine him flying alongside the C-172 all the time it took to climb to altitude. Even when climbing, the Cessna would be too fast. Did the parachutist carry him along and toss him out the door before he exited? Uli Yes - you can see the falcon is trained and was released by the skydiver. The bird is also diving to retrieve a treat held by his owner (a tasty pigeon?). It looks like the falcon was pretty close to its terminal velocity. Very impressive. Some of you may also have caught the BBC TV news piece on a French falconer who teaches eagles raised in captivity to accompany his paraglider in flight - there were some pretty amazing shots from Mont Blanc. Mike |
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At 05:07 15 October 2008, Mike the Strike wrote:
Some of you may also have caught the BBC TV news piece on a French falconer who teaches eagles raised in captivity to accompany his paraglider in flight - there were some pretty amazing shots from Mont Blanc. Mike I believe tht was a woman, Mike. |
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A skydiver, freefalling and being followed by a peregrine falcon. http://www.flixxy.com/you-can-fly.htm === end === that is awesome Fantastic footage, indeed. Just one question: how did the Falcon get up there? I cannot imagine him flying alongside the C-172 all the time it took to climb to altitude. Even when climbing, the Cessna would be too fast. Did the parachutist carry him along and toss him out the door before he exited? This may be a first...TV being ahead of the internet. Maybe a year or two ago I happened to catch something on PBS (Nova?) about a sport parachutist/falconer/scientifically-inclined person seeking to measure just how fast Peregrine Falcons could dive. As of then, his trained falcon had attained (as I vaguely recall) 287 mph keeping pace with his trainer/free-falling 'chutist. I blundered into the show via channel surf, and was more interested in what (t)he(y) had learned about bird aerodynamics than absolute speeds, so take the above number skeptically. In any event, the bird - to achieve the highest descent speeds then seen & recorded - modified its nominal body shape to achieve a slimmer cross section than merely diving head-first downhill might indicate possible. Nifty science, w. a high 'Gollygeewhillickers!' factor. Bob - there might *BE* something to this evolution theory - W. P.S. Not an insignificant 'chutist speed either...! |
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Speeds of "over 200mph" have been recorded, but I don't know about
280mph... However, there are fascinating ramifications of going that fast. Here's a tidibt I never thought about before (thank you Wikipedia): ----- The air pressure from a 200 mph (320 km/h) dive could possibly damage a bird's lungs, but small bony tubercles in a falcon's nostrils guide the shock waves of the air entering the nostrils (compare intake ramps and inlet cones of jet engines), enabling the bird to breathe more easily while diving by reducing the change in air pressure ----- ....How cool is that? --Noel |
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there's a falcon 'skydiving' video on the same website: http://www.flixxy.com/skydiving-falcon.htm At 16:47 15 October 2008, Bob Whelan wrote: A skydiver, freefalling and being followed by a peregrine falcon. http://www.flixxy.com/you-can-fly.htm === end === that is awesome Fantastic footage, indeed. Just one question: how did the Falcon get up there? I cannot imagine him flying alongside the C-172 all the time it took to climb to altitude. Even when climbing, the Cessna would be too fast. Did the parachutist carry him along and toss him out the door before he exited? This may be a first...TV being ahead of the internet. Maybe a year or two ago I happened to catch something on PBS (Nova?) about a sport parachutist/falconer/scientifically-inclined person seeking to measure just how fast Peregrine Falcons could dive. As of then, his trained falcon had attained (as I vaguely recall) 287 mph keeping pace with his trainer/free-falling 'chutist. I blundered into the show via channel surf, and was more interested in what (t)he(y) had learned about bird aerodynamics than absolute speeds, so take the above number skeptically. In any event, the bird - to achieve the highest descent speeds then seen & recorded - modified its nominal body shape to achieve a slimmer cross section than merely diving head-first downhill might indicate possible. Nifty science, w. a high 'Gollygeewhillickers!' factor. Bob - there might *BE* something to this evolution theory - W. P.S. Not an insignificant 'chutist speed either...! |
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On Oct 15, 12:30*pm, P Ilatus wrote:
there's a falcon 'skydiving' video on the same website: http://www.flixxy.com/skydiving-falcon.htm At 16:47 15 October 2008, Bob Whelan wrote: A skydiver, freefalling and being followed by a peregrine falcon. http://www.flixxy.com/you-can-fly.htm === end === that is awesome Fantastic footage, indeed. Just one question: how did the Falcon get up there? I cannot imagine him flying alongside the C-172 all the time it took to climb to altitude. Even when climbing, the Cessna would be too fast. Did the parachutist carry him along and toss him out the door before he exited? This may be a first...TV being ahead of the internet. *Maybe a year or two ago I happened to catch something on PBS (Nova?) about a sport parachutist/falconer/scientifically-inclined person seeking to measure just how fast Peregrine Falcons could dive. *As of then, his trained falcon had attained (as I vaguely recall) 287 mph keeping pace with his trainer/free-falling 'chutist. *I blundered into the show via channel surf, and was more interested in what (t)he(y) had learned about bird aerodynamics than absolute speeds, so take the above number skeptically. In any event, the bird - to achieve the highest descent speeds then seen *& recorded - modified its nominal body shape to achieve a slimmer cross section than merely diving head-first downhill might indicate possible. Nifty science, w. a high 'Gollygeewhillickers!' factor. Bob - there might *BE* something to this evolution theory - W. P.S. Not an insignificant 'chutist speed either...! A stable skydiver is at about 120 mph I belive |
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On Oct 16, 12:58*pm, bobcaldwell
wrote: A stable skydiver is at about 120 mph I belive- That's about right for belly flying as was seen in the video that started this thread. There quite a range though depending on body position, body shape, and clothing. My max fall rate was only about 105 mph when I started jumping. Skydivers can fall much faster than 120mph in stable head down position though. Andy |
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