Renamed: Man skydives across English Channel in 7 minutes

[Tercel_driver]

I just saw a news report about a dude from Austria who has designed some sort of wings to fly. For those who have seen Toys Story's Buzz Lightyear character. It is something like that.

 

[Rice Rocketeer]

Isn't there a Greek myth about some idiot and his son who did the same thing? My memory may be a tid bit short from the days of 3rd grade, but I think according to that myth, the two ended up on the bottom of the Meditteranean.

 

[Cobraboy]

Originally posted by Rice Rocketeer
Isn't there a Greek myth about some idiot and his son who did the same thing? My memory may be a tid bit short from the days of 3rd grade, but I think according to that myth, the two ended up on the bottom of the Meditteranean.

Yeah, made with wax and feathers, and when they got closer to the sun, the wax melted and they fell into the sea.

Stupid people.

Should've used PVA.

 

[Timmotheus]

[cough]Icarus[/cough]
You think you could provide the link?







I think I have the name right. I can't be bothered to look it up. Time is money you know...

 

[Rice Rocketeer]

The hell are you talking about?!

 

[Pupik]

Actually, only Icarus died, his father survived because he didn't fly too close to the sun. But he landed on a deserted island, and destroyed the wings (the theme of man isn't supposed to do everything was illustraated).

Of course, this is the year 2003, and should have jet-packs and flying cars by now...

 

[Timmotheus]

Originally posted by pupik
Of course, this is the year 2003, and should have jet-packs and flying cars by now...

...and monkeys are supposed to rule the world.

 

[Rice Rocketeer]

....which reminds me of Planet of the Apes....damn...Estella Warren is a hottie.

Another useless thread.

 

[Timmotheus]

Originally posted by Rice Rocketeer
....which reminds me of Planet of the Apes....damn...Estella Warren is a hottie.

Another useless thread.

How is this useless? It is far more useful than any other thread currently active in the Rumble Strip.

 

[rjensen11]

Originally posted by Tercel_driver
I just saw a news report about a dude from Austria who has designed some sort of wings to fly. For those who have seen Toys Story's Buzz Lightyear character. It is something like that.

I think it resembles more of Rocket Man than Buzz Lightyear, but yeah, I think it's pretty freaky. All in all, he flew for what, 11 minutes across the English Channel?

 

[Tercel_driver]

Originally posted by rjensen11
I think it resembles more of Rocket Man than Buzz Lightyear, but yeah, I think it's pretty freaky. All in all, he flew for what, 11 minutes across the English Channel?

Exactly. Though I didnt know how you call it. We call it, "Canal de la Mancha". He obviously set a record as the first man that flew on something like that, across it. The news report even said, that the man broke the barrier of 200 mph, but I think that was bs.

 

[Rat Bastid]

Thu Jul 31, 4:47 AM ET

Felix Baumgartner has become the first person ever to fly across the English Channel without the benefit of an aircraft, gliding from England to France wearing only a specially designed flying suit(AFP/HO/File)

 

[Rat Bastid]

That was from Yahoo News. I tried to paste the pic, too. Didn't work.
BTW; We already have too many accidents on the GROUND. Imagine millions of idiots flying through the air!

 

[vat_man]

My partner and I were discussing it this morning.

I'm the first to concede that we're not the most interesting people on the planet, and that we're happy in our little rut, but WHO THE HELL THINKS OF THIS STUFF!!!!

I mean, could you imagine the conversation?

- Hey, you know sky-diving?
- Uh, yeah?
- I got this idea. I think I could sky-dive from England to France.
- Uh, why?
- It'd be cool.
- ...and....?
- Well, uh, I could sell advertising to Red Bull!
- ...and potentially be smashed to a thousand tiny pieces?
- YOU'RE NOT HELPING!!

 

[-Fred-]

Originally posted by Tercel_driver
Exactly. Though I didnt know how you call it. We call it, "Canal de la Mancha". .

It's canal de la Manche, actually, though it's normal for English speakers to bastardize the French language.


It must be a weird sensation... to glide for eleven long minutes, all alone like that. Freaky.

 

[Josh]

I'm not at all impressed by this. He glided 21 miles because he had a wing strapped to his back. So? This has been happening for years, but not as extreme. Some jumpers have been using those suits with the pieces of cloth that go from their wrists to their waists, and acts as a wing, and they have that piece that goes from knee to knee, and also acts as a wing. They can "fly" small distances.

I'm going to go jump out of a plane at 30,000 feet, with a oxygen mask on, and with a hang glider strapped to my back, and see if I can't "fly" over 100 miles.

Meh.

 

[Rice Rocketeer]

bastardize the French language...c'mon...that's low

 

[Timmotheus]

Originally posted by PunkRock
It's canal de la Manche, actually, though it's normal for English speakers to bastardize the French language.

So do you. ****ing Quebecois.

 

[1X83Z]

Originally posted by PunkRock
It's canal de la Manche, actually, though it's normal for English speakers to bastardize the French language.

He's from Peru, so I wouldn't be surprised if he's on it from Spanish.

 

[-Fred-]

Originally posted by Timmotheus
So do you. ****ing Quebecois.

Proven fact people in Quebec use less anglicisms (words that come from English, in case you didn't know what it meant) than people in France. So the French bastardize french more than we do.

****ing American.

Crap, all that French/France **** got my post messed up. Congratulations.

 

[hanker]

HaHa ****ing american, you tell him, infact tell him again!

 

[-Fred-]

Originally posted by PunkRock


****ing American.

DISCLAIMER: This statement holds true only to those mocking/ nitpicking on my nationality, comparing us to Frenchmens, which is a disgrace to our province. Please note i do not hold these sentiments towards every American citizens. Thank You.

 

[sn00pie]

Originally posted by Tercel_driver
I just saw a news report about a dude from Austria who has designed some sort of wings to fly.

No, no, he didn't design those - he just ripped them off. I can't remember the name of the actual designer. He was a very respected sky-diver who died while flying his own invention (into a wall? -- I can't remember).

 

[Jugend]

Here's a picture of him flying:

 

[sn00pie]

It's minus 40 degrees Celsius up there.

 

[Jugend]

Yep, he said he lost all sensation in his limbs when he had come down.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

I think a more descriptive thread title was required Tercel_Driver.

 

[Rice Rocketeer]

Wait a sec...he did this all WITHOUT a chute?! Damn. That is SOOO STUPID!!!

 

[Jugend]

RR, no he had a parachute for the landing.. Trying to run a landing in 200 km/h must be hard...

 

[emad]

Originally posted by PunkRock

****ing American.

you tell'em
toronto's not all that bad...i wish there was more here for a 17 year old to do, but there isn't...the only reason i'd like to go back to h-town (houston) is cos i had alot o friends down there...but that was 4 years ago...time 2 move the hell on and start univ