Thursday, April 17, 2008

Wing Suit No Parachute Death Wish

Holy Wing Suit Riot Batman!

What are these guys thinking? Seriously. Humans flying. Whooooahhh. Hold up now homies. That's reserved for birds and drunk pilot guys. He describes it as being like a flying squirrel and .

Jeb Corliss wants to fly — not the way the Wright brothers wanted to fly, but the way we do in our dreams. He wants to jump from a helicopter and land without using a parachute.

But he acknowledged a problem: “The thing I’m not sure of is your margins in terms of safety, or likelihood to crash.”

YA THINK?

“The plane was flying too fast,” said Mr. Corliss, who gained a degree of notoriety in April 2006 when the police arrested him after he was stopped from jumping off the Empire State Building’s observation deck. A judge dismissed the charges.

WELL THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

That's a big ole YEAH PROLLY in my book....

(video of the crazy antics below)


Monday, March 31, 2008

Saudi Prince Plans Mile-High Tower

Oh really? You're going to build a Mile High Tower, in the desert? And "Experts say the technical challenges are enormous. Much of the lifting will be carried out by helicopters, which will also be used as commuter transport for builders." The one thing on your side is Arup, but don't plan on that lasting long. Sorry Fresh Prince of Babel-Air, but this gets a big ole YEAH PROLLY if I do say so myself. And didn't Frank Lloyd Wright (second image on page) already do this proposal? Image of Wright's Proposal HERE.