Posts Tagged ‘parachute’
64 Year Old Skydiver Will Dive From 40Km To Break Record
Monday, May 26, 2008 18:10 No CommentsIn 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 [...]
SkySails: Wind Powered Ships Are Back In Fashion
Saturday, May 10, 2008 10:20 1 CommentBoats and Ships have been using wind power to move around the globe for thousands of years. Its only the last 100 years or so that we converted to using oil. Now that this fossil fuel its running low and expensive, people are trying to go back to the good old fashion wind power. This [...]
Leonardo da Vinci Parachute Does Work!
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 6:00 No CommentsDa Vinci thought of the parachute back in 1485 and it took many centuries till the parachute became a reality. Now a Swiss daredevil called Olivier Vietti-Teppa decided to give a go at a parachute that Da Vinci drew. Following Leonardo’s instructions four equilateral triangles of fabric were stitched to form a pyramid with a [...]