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People Can Fly..

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Blade2.0

Member
The first wing-suit, performed in 1912 by Franz Reichelt, leaping from the Eiffel Tower. Goes exactly as you'd expect:


Some people have to fail at an invention for us to progress for the good of all of society. I salute him for having the balls to go through with it.
 

Soodanim

Gold Member
The first wing-suit, performed in 1912 by Franz Reichelt, leaping from the Eiffel Tower. Goes exactly as you'd expect:


That's laughably bad. Poor sod. You can see how heavy the materials are when he shakes the wingsuit, it must have been like throwing some thick curtains over your arms for all the good it did.
 

jason10mm

Gold Member
That Lazareth hover bike thing, if it actually works (and that is a big IF based on that video), should totally be in the next Jane Bond movie!
 
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