lord_whimsy ([info]lord_whimsy) wrote,
@ 2007-11-09 00:33:00
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BIRD MEN: THEN AND NOW



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[info]chronographia
2007-11-09 05:59 am UTC (link)
Flying Squirrel Men dosn't have the same ring to it, does it?

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[info]nitroincognito
2007-11-09 02:12 pm UTC (link)
The guy in the first video would have really enjoyed the second video.

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[info]mehdi_caps
2007-11-10 04:28 pm UTC (link)
LOL! So true. He would have had the kick of his life watching it.

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[info]lord_whimsy
2007-11-10 04:42 pm UTC (link)
Poor fellow. Sad, isn't it?

I still don't understand why the gentleman who lept from the Eiffel Tower didn't test it out with dummies first. The most excruciating part is that you can see him working up his nerve before he made his fatal leap.

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[info]runonlaulaja
2007-11-09 09:46 pm UTC (link)
Savage. I wonder how they land (the guys in the second video, if they do).
It seems that a human body itself has changed greatly during the century.

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[info]lord_whimsy
2007-11-09 09:54 pm UTC (link)
Funny how culture can influence our physical interaction with the world: body language, etc. One can clearly see in the two videos how a process of refinement has occurred over the past century in sport and technology: our bodies are more poised and nimble, and our technology more elegant in design.

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[info]runonlaulaja
2007-11-09 10:14 pm UTC (link)
They are much more natural (as more refined too) and keep in touch with the air so friendly. Exclusiveness and arrogance of human race no more.

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[info]godozzie
2007-11-11 04:33 am UTC (link)
Parachutes for landing! I know of a skydiver designing a wing-suit that would not need a parachute to land, hopefully with more success than the older video.

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[info]runonlaulaja
2007-11-11 11:45 am UTC (link)
Thanks, you delivered me from that obsession about unlucky flights.

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