Mike. Its not a skateboard... but its been done..
Crazy kids. Could of gone further with dynamis. https://youtu.be/DEP8juRSBRo On 29 Nov 2017 11:02, "Mike Borgelt" <[email protected]> wrote: > Come now Bernard, our National Broadcaster would never tell lies would > they? > > I don't see anything impossible here. A wingsuit jumper is a low L/D > glider. > > I want to see one with a skateboard with large wheels strapped to his > chest actually land on a runway. Might want a head up display on the helmet > with airspeed, altitude, rate of descent and simulate in X-Plane until you > get the combination right. > > After all the X-15 was landed on runways, as was the Shuttle and F-104 > Starfighters could be deadsticked if you got everything just right. I read > a book by one USAF guy who deadsticked an F-16 in Egypt. Was doing air > test after maintenance and did a loop on takeoff. > > Got to the top at 10,000 feet and the engine died so he landed it from > there. > > Mike > > > > > At 04:41 PM 11/29/2017, you wrote: > > Is this for real??? > > Bernard > > > On 29 Nov 2017, at 4:07 pm, Mike Borgelt < [email protected]> > wrote: > > http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-29/wingsuit-fliers- > board-plane-flying-over-swiss-alps/9205678 > > So who is going to do the first mid air hookup to a towplane? > > Mike > > > > > > > > > *Borgelt Instruments* - > *design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation since 1978 * > www.borgeltinstruments.com > tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 > mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 > P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > *Borgelt Instruments* - > *design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation since 1978 * > www.borgeltinstruments.com > tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 > mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 > P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > >
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