| Warthog Territory Forums http://www.warthogterritory.net/forum/ |
|
| Birdman flies across Channel http://www.warthogterritory.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3498 |
Page 1 of 1 |
| Author: | MrMudd [ 31 Jul 2003, 14:56 ] |
| Post subject: | |
Birdman flies across Channel By Emmanuel Peuchot in Calais 31jul03 A 34-year-old Austrian mechanic today became the first person to fly across the English Channel without the benefit of an aircraft, gliding from England to France wearing only a specially designed suit. "I felt like a bird," said skydiver Felix Baumgartner, after jumping from a plane high over the English port of Dover and then gliding on a wing attached to his body to a point above the French coast, where he activated a parachute. "At this altitude it's perfect because you see the sunrise, you're totally alone," he said, after a flight which was held in the early morning to avoid air traffic control problems. "I covered the whole distance with just a little wing, it was great," he enthused. To launch him on his high-speed glide, Baumgartner was taken up from the French port of Calais in a Skyvan aircraft, from which he jumped from high above Dover. He started his unusual journey from a point some 9000m over the English port of Dover at 6:09am (1409 AEST), and ended it 1000m above Cape Blanc-Nez, near Calais, where he landed at 6:23 am. Baumgartner, who reached a speed of about 200kph an hour during his glide, was wearing an aerodynamic suit fitted with a 1.80m long carbon-fibre wing for the 35km glide. He also had special breathing apparatus for the high-altitude start of the flight, and was protected from the extreme cold at such heights by his special suit. Air traffic controllers had granted him a 30-minute window - from 5:45 to 6:15 am - to make his jump, scheduling the event for early morning to avoid problems with conventional air traffic. "Louis Bleriot did it with a plane, now I did it with a little wing," he said, referring to the French aviator who in July 1909 became the first person to fly across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine. Baumgartner's mission was named Icarus 2 after the mythical figure who came to grief after flying too near the sun, which melted the wax holding together his wings. The Austrian has a long track record of daredevil jumps. He has leapt from the statue of Christ in Rio de Janeiro, one of the two Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur - the tallest buildings in the world - and the top of a mountain in Baffin Island, in Canada. <img src="http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,1658,273578,00.jpg" border=0> |
|
| Author: | M21 Sniper [ 31 Jul 2003, 20:17 ] |
| Post subject: | |
Gee, this wouldn't be fake would it? "Trample the wounded, hurdle the dead." |
|
| Author: | Hawg166 [ 31 Jul 2003, 20:20 ] |
| Post subject: | |
No way dude its for real. I watched it on CNN and we all know what is on TV is real. They dropped the guy out of a plane at around 30,000 ft and he was a human glider at 220 mph. Took him just over 7 minutes. It doesnt take much to impress me , but I was impressed <img src=icon_smile_question.gif border=0 align=middle> By this time tomorrow I shall have gained either a pearage or Westminster Abbey........Nelson |
|
| Author: | boomer [ 31 Jul 2003, 21:48 ] |
| Post subject: | |
A10Stress your help is needed here. At my currant weight (classified)IF I had one of those wings, how many bean burritos would I have to eat to fly from mid continent USA to Western Australia? "We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us". George Orwell Fighting For Justice With Brains Of Steel ! <img src="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/atengun2X.GIF" border=0> |
|
| Author: | JSF [ 01 Aug 2003, 03:27 ] |
| Post subject: | |
lol<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> now thats air-deployble vader: Obi-wan never told you what happend to your father luke:he told me enough, he told me you killed him vader: no luke i am yor father |
|
| Author: | 44hollowpoint [ 01 Aug 2003, 04:32 ] |
| Post subject: | |
All the media reports say how he's crossed the channel without using a plane... How did he get up to 30,000ft in the first place? "A .44 magnum beats 4 Aces everytime..." |
|
| Author: | Homer32 [ 01 Aug 2003, 07:52 ] |
| Post subject: | |
<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> How did he get up to 30,000ft in the first place? <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote> Bean burritos??? <img src=icon_smile_clown.gif border=0 align=middle> "I saw weird stuff in that place last night. Weird, strange, sick, twisted, eerie, godless, evil stuff. And I want in." -Homer, The Simpsons |
|
| Author: | 44hollowpoint [ 01 Aug 2003, 08:20 ] |
| Post subject: | |
LOL, Light that exhaust and watch those dancing diamonds... "A .44 magnum beats 4 Aces everytime..." |
|
| Author: | bigross86 [ 01 Aug 2003, 08:26 ] |
| Post subject: | |
He didn't cross the Channel with a plane, he glided. He got up to altitude on one side of the Channel and than glided across. "Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI |
|
| Author: | 44hollowpoint [ 01 Aug 2003, 08:47 ] |
| Post subject: | |
Sorry BR, I was as the Brits say 'taking the piss' <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> "A .44 magnum beats 4 Aces everytime..." |
|
| Author: | M21 Sniper [ 01 Aug 2003, 10:59 ] |
| Post subject: | |
I want to be the first human cannon ball fired across the Channel. "Trample the wounded, hurdle the dead." |
|
| Author: | Hawg166 [ 01 Aug 2003, 11:19 ] |
| Post subject: | |
I want to be the first a10 crew chief to cross the Channel in a travel pod hanging on station 6. <img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle> By this time tomorrow I shall have gained either a pearage or Westminster Abbey........Nelson |
|
| Author: | boomer [ 02 Aug 2003, 20:38 ] |
| Post subject: | |
13.4 kilonewtons per megajoule "We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us". George Orwell Fighting For Justice With Brains Of Steel ! <img src="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/atengun2X.GIF" border=0> |
|
| Author: | M21 Sniper [ 02 Aug 2003, 21:43 ] |
| Post subject: | |
pulsed fart jet propulsion??? LOL "Trample the wounded, hurdle the dead." |
|
| Author: | boomer [ 03 Aug 2003, 17:14 ] |
| Post subject: | |
pulsed fart jet propulsion??? not if I time it right LOLOL "We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us". George Orwell Fighting For Justice With Brains Of Steel ! <img src="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/atengun2X.GIF" border=0> |
|
| Page 1 of 1 | All times are UTC [ DST ] |
| Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |
|