Man Flies Like a Bird?
I’m hesitant to post this under inventions, but b a Dutch engineer named Jarno Smeets claims to have achieved birdlike flight using custom-built wings. See the video below. What do you think?
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Your Very Own Jetpack
If you have an extra hundred grand, you’ll be able to rocket through the air in 2012 when the Martin Jetpack is available for purchase: In order to make it publicly available, Glenn Martin’s jetpack had to be tailored around the FAA’s ultralight standards, which mean that its speed was limited to a maximum of
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The Return Of The Blimp
With so many interesting ways to fly, blimps don’t receive much of the spotlight. However, one company is hoping to change the way we use blimps in the future. Mr Burns is a test pilot for Hybrid Air Vehicles, a British engineering company that is pioneering a comeback of the dirigible behemoths of yesteryear with
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Today in Entrepreneurial History: November 7
1885 – In Craigellachie, British Columbia, construction ends on the Canadian Pacific Railway extending across Canada. 1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse. 1994 – WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at
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