Dit verhaal kreeg ik door van Peter.
Te kickend gewoon, hoe vaak hebben we het al niet over katapults gehad en alle rare ideeen om dat dure vliegtuig te vervangen. Ideeen die ook door anderen bedacht zijn en zelfs ook uitgevoerd, zie:
- Human catapult; Bridgwater, Somerset, England.
- Human (BASE) catapult
- First jet powered Birdman flight

Maar dit verhaal is wel het beter werk, na wat extra wingsuit ervaring moeten we hier ook maar eens naar gaan kijken! Don Leon, Hans en Wytse zijn jullie er klaar voor? Ik ben er iig wel voor in!
Blueskies and happy catapulting!

Wat voor size main zou er in dat rig zitten? Sjees dat moet wat wegen…

A new parachute system known as the Gryphon has been designed by ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH and Dräger (not sure how you’re meant to pronounce that). The Gryphon enables parachutists to fly through the air at high speed before opening their chutes, so they could be dropped miles away and fly to their intended targets.

The ESG Gryphon is aimed at the military market, where upon parachutists can be dropped up-to 40 kilometres away from the landing pad and then glide their silently and near invisible to any radar cover.

The next stage of development is to add small turbo jet drives which will increase the range even further and allow take offs from much lower heights. Batman eat your heart out.

Thanks Jörg (of ESG) for the photograph.

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