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Swiss Man Flies With Jet Powered Wing
NotBornYesterday writes "After spending $190,000 and 'countless hours' building a set of jet-powered wings, a Swiss man has successfully demoed this ultimate mother-of-all-toys. After jumping from a plane like a skydiver, he then lit the four jet engines and proceeded to fly around a valley in the Alps at up to 186 miles per hour. His site is here, if you want to see shots of him in action. 'I still haven't used the full potential,' he said."
This ought to be fun. Might even turn into a sport or extreme recreational activity. But just remember what happened to the last person who got too close the sun ...
I hear the Brits developed this technology in the mid-80's, but abandoned it when they could not find a way to make it leak oil.
With apologies to britons and MG lovers everywhere.
"A witty saying proves nothing." ~Voltaire
"d'Oh!" ~Homer
This is the one time where people could legitimately use the term "jetpack" and then the submitter and TFA choose not to!
Looks very cool.
Why, yes I have been touched by His noodly appendage. And I plan to sue.
Well, that depends on the exchange rate at the time.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
'I still haven't used the full potential,' he said.
Feh.
Definitely famous last words.
I initially misread it as "Jet Powered Wang".
I gather that this number makes some sense in metric.
"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
you really gotta stop using that old Intel Pentium for your math!
The problem being that the windchill permanently damaged his balls, so that scuppers that plan!
Okay, okay, so I'm just kidding - I know not the actual condition of his balls.
which is totally what she said
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I do. Have you flown on commercial aircraft recently? I'd rather get tugged behind jet-man on a rope.
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You work for the RIAA/MPAA, right?
I don't know how, but he only does it once.
Hobgoblin in 3... 2...
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Wiley Coyote, is that you?
A Human Right
Didn't I see Wyle E. Coyote with one of these?
If the Swiss man flew this into a mountain side with a tunnel painted on it, I wouldn't be surprised at all.
I might know what I'm talkin' about, but then again, this is Slashdot...
That's nothing, I'm pretty sure that I've seen Wile E. Coyote using such a product designed by Acme long time ago...
"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -- Prof. Dumbledore
Oh that gives me an idea! What about we give bombs small wings and jet engines so they could reach from like 20 miles away a target much faster than a plane!? I propose we call these new type of jet-powered bombs "missiles".
You just got troll'd!
If I were considering dropping large mammals from a bigger plane I would not use a seal but I'd use a sperm whale.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsK6aRuSBIc
or a bowl of petunias.
Oh no, not again...