Timothy Ward - 2020/03/01 20:46:36 UTC
I have had people come to me to get foot launch signoffs that have learned by towing off a cart and landing on wheels, so they never had to deal with the control bar issues.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Pale_Blue_Dot.pngBateleur - 2013/09/14 02:11:03 UTC
Africa
The tragedy is that humans could have been almost god like stewards of this, our one and only spaceship, Earth. Earth was pretty durable and could have supported us and all the other Earthlings for many millennia. Instead, we are trashing its life support systems (oceans, atmosphere, rain forests, etc.). The disparity between what humans could have been and what we in fact are, is immensely tragic. I adore human knowledge and people who live up to their full potential but have little to no respect or use for those who merely exist and fail to think - deep thoughts are very rewarding.
Majority of people have no regard for other life forms, they live as if their right to comfort and support for their cocked up ideas of happiness takes precedence over all else. How stupid are we?! We have become parasites about to destroy our host!
http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49996860481_ebe7873681_o.pngFuckin' worthless coward!The requested topic does not exist.
Cowardice is a trait wherein excessive fear and excessive self-concern override doing or saying what is right, good, and of help to others or oneself in a time of need. It is the opposite of courage. As a label, "cowardice" indicates a failure of character in the face of a challenge.
Jack Axaopoulos - 2009/09/23 18:10:04 UTC
The timing of this thread is awful.
Locking thread... this is troll/flame bait with extremely weak implications.
Nope. Absolutely typical.Absolutely astonishing.
Way to go Davis! And now let's have a look at his other single surface cross-country world distance record.Less than ten days after the first production Falcon 3's left the factory, a demo Falcon 3 170 had been flown 205 miles by Davis Straub for a new single surface cross-country world distance record.
Martin Henry - 2020/07/25 15:06:52 UTC
Funny how some view the efforts "others" outside their own little world...
As records go, we might not get this microlight effort but it's a long ways, never been done before, so why not recognize it? Maybe not a big deal, or any sort of a deal in our little world but why the negative comments?
As to comparing it to an un-powered open distance hang record, it's rather convenient to overlook the rare conditions that came together to allow someone to get blown far enough downwind to call it a record! (perhaps the microlights engine bothers some?... conveniently overlooking the engine in the tug used to haul the hang up for the start of the record attempt and the thousands of road miles driven supporting the hang efforts?) Not mocking or knocking either record because in the end none of the efforts will cure cancer and likely mean jack shit to anybody outside our little world.
Like records for eating hot dogs, holding your breath, fastest this, furthest that... it's a human thing to have a line and to want to get to the other side.
Besides... regarding this little record, admirable... if only for the skill of keeping a microlight engine running long enough to set the record!
Hey... noticed the other day that the 25km triangle hang speed record was broken... wonder what's on NPR tonight... ?
Comrade Martin
