For anyone out there wondering what to get me for Christmas, wonder no more. Behold the ESG and Freesky Gryphon Flying Wing (courtesy of Popular Science and Gizmodo:
The mission starts when the brave soul wearing this birdman outfit takes a flying leap out of an airplane at 33,000 feet—hopefully equipped with warm clothes and oxygen—and flies the jet wing wherever he's going until he gets to an altitude of about a mile. At that point, somehow our intrepid hero sheds his wing and opens a parachute, letting that wing dangle below him as he floats to the ground.
Pardon me while I drool.
3 comments:
This is what you should wear when preparing next year's turkey - for quick escapes from errant turkey juice. If nothing else, I'm sure the ladies will love it!
This is a far cry from a black-checkered robe, white go-go boots and yellow Playtex gloves. The first thing I thought -- Boba Fett (sp??) from Star Wars! -- Denise
Dude, if you used it for cropdusting, you could totally take it as a tax write-off! That would be taking bubba geekdom to a whole new level.
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