Aubrey, I pretty much have to disclose my height everywhere, because of my use
of "LMNAO". Many people, including some of my closest confidants, knowing that
I'm Black, think that I mean the n-word when I post that.
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody
hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:42:48 -0500
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’;
flies at 150 mph
Wow 6'6". You should never divulge a height like that to me Martin, I have an
illness, I've recognized it. LOL. There's hardly anything out there made
properly for such a tall fellow (except me, hee hee), seeing as I have only
ever dated giant fellows in my life, I know this well.
I still say you wouldn't have to worry about fitting in it when you're doubled
over on the ground giggling and kicking like a four year old.
Aubrey Leatherwood
www.aubreyleatherwood.com
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To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: truthseeker...@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:39:49 -0500
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’;
flies at 150 mph
A valid point, Aubrey. And, thinking on it, would they even make a model I
could get inside of, at 6'6"?
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody
hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:22:02 -0500
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’;
flies at 150 mph
I know I, for one, wouldn't be able to stop laughing long enough to fly safely.
I mean, look at it! :D
Aubrey Leatherwood
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From: truthseeker...@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:17:07 -0500
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’;
flies at 150 mph
I'd love to see this in reality as well, but today out on the road proved to me
that people are dangerous enough with vehicles that stay on the ground. Add in
flight, and all of its vector components... it would get ugly.
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody
hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: hellomahog...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:32:55 -0800
Subject: [scifinoir2] NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies
at 150 mph
NASA unveils personal flying suit named ‘Puffin’; flies at 150 mph
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NASA on Wednesday said that it is working on a personal flying suit.
Called “Puffin,” the conceptual and highly experimental project is part one-man
stealth plane, part personal jet pack.
Unveiled at a San Francisco meeting of the American Helicopter Society on Jan.
20 by Mark D. Moore, an aerospace engineer at NASA’s Langley Research Center,
the Puffin promises — on paper at least — a self-contained design with proper
“cockpit” and helicopter-style blades that allow for high-altitude flying up to
30,000 ft.
The Puffin is intended to be 12 feet in length, with a total wingspan of 14.5
ft., and would tip the scales at 300 pounds, empty. It will be powered by a 60
horsepower electric motor for simplicity, reliability and low environmental
impact.
The reason for this conceptual device? Covert military missions (”swoop and
shoot,” if I may) or rescue operations.
Take a look at the video:
Why the name “Puffin,” by the way? “If you’ve ever seen a puffin on the ground,
it looks very awkward, with wings too small to fly, and that’s exactly what our
vehicle looks like,” said Mark Moore, an aerospace engineer at NASA Langley
Research Center, in an article in Scientific American.
According to that article, the Puffin can cruise at 240 kilometers per hour —
that’s 149 mph — and dash at more than 480 kph, or almost 300 mph. NASA plans
to finish a test mule at one-third-size by March to see how it transitions from
cruising to hovering.
But you never know how such technology could eventually manifest itself in the
consumer space. If you ask me, I may have found a whole new way to get to the
office.
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