Something about this short item in the local free paper (Le Matin Bleu) caught my eye this morning. Probably the man flying through the air, but possibly the Icarus mention.Anyway, roughly translated:
A Vaudois achieves the dream of IcarusIt's hard to make out in the picture here, but he advertises his website on the back of the wings. If you go there, you will be asked for money, and learn about his weird thing for Batman. You will also see that he has done a lot of crazy stuff (like "Planes have handles at the end of their wings... Why not hold on to them between 2 planes whilst they are flying..."), and had other slightly less insane people make videos of said crazy stunts.
Prototype: At 46 years, Yves Rossy, a pilot with Swiss, has succeeded in constructing a true individual flying wing, propelled by four engines. The pilot has obtained authorization from the federal air authorities, that at first accused him of violating air space, to do testing, revealed "Le Matin dimanche". His dream is to take one or two years off to perfect his prototype, which he has been working on for seven years.
At the end of the his (long) flight video (set to horrible music) he claims to be working on a model that can take off.
Dare I guess? Detachable wheels? A very long runway? With a near infinite number of pillows at the end?
People should read this.
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