Posts Tagged ‘altitude’

64 Year Old Skydiver Will Dive From 40Km To Break Record

Monday, May 26, 2008 18:10 No Comments

In a few hours 64 year old French skydiver Michel Fournier will attempt to break a world record. He will climb up to 40 kilometers, in a balloon, above Canada and will jump!
This jump will take place at an altitude about 4 times higher than commercial airplanes fly at.

North Battleford, in Saskatchewan, is all geared [...]

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Bin Laden’s Brother Designs Watches For Pilots

Saturday, April 19, 2008 15:30 1 Comment

Yeslam Bin Ladin, half-brother of Osama bin Laden, has has launched a Swiss luxury watch with a $9,950 price tag. The watch called “Aviator”, will tell the exact airspeed of an airplane and it can also be used to estimate a flight’s duration before take-off
The watch is claimed to be made for and by [...]

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