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Looks like Yves Rossy did it after all... Wonder if there were any hikers in that part of the canyon; it would have been really cool to see him fly by!
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science_tec ... d=30174974
Now if they can just make jet packs small enough to fit in my pack...
Jetman Over the Grand Canyon
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PLC92084Guides: 2 | Official Routes: 3Triplogs Last: 4,133 d | RS: 0Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: 5,277 d - Joined: Dec 22 2009 8:46 am
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Alston_NealGuides: 1 | Official Routes: 0Triplogs Last: 107 d | RS: 0Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: never - Joined: Apr 19 2008 5:53 pm
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Re: Jetman Over the Grand Canyon
I can't imagine how cool that would be. I've always wanted to try hang gliding, except for this awkward death fear I have.
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Tough_BootsGuides: 0 | Official Routes: 6Triplogs Last: 2,458 d | RS: 20Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: 2,597 d - Joined: Mar 28 2008 7:08 pm
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Re: Jetman Over the Grand Canyon
There is absolutely nothing in the world cooler than jet-packs-- PERIOD
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@Tough_Boots
Yeppers, watching Lost in Space did for me, that and Penny Robinson.
Yeppers, watching Lost in Space did for me, that and Penny Robinson.
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Re: Jetman Over the Grand Canyon
Between the jet pack, robot, Penny (and Judy...), we never stood a chance... The Chariot I'll blame for my car-customizing fetish (but we'll save that for another group/thread...)Alston Neal wrote:Lost in Space did for me, that and Penny Robinson
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Re: Jetman Over the Grand Canyon
@PLC92084
I always took you for a Dr.Smith kinda guy......
I always took you for a Dr.Smith kinda guy......
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@Alston Neal
I'm not sure how to take that... If we ever get that gun-rental business off the ground, you may need to use caution while we're field-testing new products... ;)
I'm not sure how to take that... If we ever get that gun-rental business off the ground, you may need to use caution while we're field-testing new products... ;)
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Oh I only meant that cuz you are so smart, cagey and debonair.
Also I know you're well armed.
Also I know you're well armed.
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Re: Jetman Over the Grand Canyon
I always wanted to free fall into the Grand Canyon ...
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big_loadGuides: 0 | Official Routes: 1Triplogs Last: 595 d | RS: 3Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: 2,483 d - Joined: Oct 28 2003 11:20 am
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Re: Jetman Over the Grand Canyon
The fall is free, but the landing is costly.kingsnake wrote:I always wanted to free fall into the Grand Canyon ...
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Not when you have a parachute. (And a reserve ...)
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@kingsnake
My dad was a pilot in WWII and he said he'd never jump out of a perfectly good plane.
In this case I'd never jump off of a perfectly good cliff......
My dad was a pilot in WWII and he said he'd never jump out of a perfectly good plane.
In this case I'd never jump off of a perfectly good cliff......
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I think it would be more fun to jump from a plane, or better yet helicopter, into the canyon than off a cliff. I never understood BASE jumping. Seems too much of a risk. (Gust of wind, you're hosed ...)
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cactuscatGuides: 0 | Official Routes: 3Triplogs Last: 72 d | RS: 26Water Reports 1Y: 2 | Last: 101 d - Joined: Oct 15 2002 12:08 pm
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Re: Jetman Over the Grand Canyon
If you've got the wingsuit, why do you need the jetpack and the helicopter?
Now this is flying ... Dean Potter rocks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf49cw0134U
Now this is flying ... Dean Potter rocks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf49cw0134U
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@cactuscat
That guy is NUTS!!!!!!
I like him. Wish I could do that, but I would have to wear depends.
That guy is NUTS!!!!!!
I like him. Wish I could do that, but I would have to wear depends."Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the road less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
Robert Frost
I took the road less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
Robert Frost
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