...My Point Exactly, Bryant Petitt Cumming, GA I don't believe anything on this earth exceeds 112 mi. per second except light and electricity. --- Russell Ng <russng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bryan > > The speed was actually approximately 112 miles per > hour, not 112 per second > which would translate into just over 400,000 miles > per hour. Needless to > say, at that speed he would have incinerated. > > Russell > SIN > > > > At 06:08 AM 9/8/04 -0700, you wrote: > >It was absolutely fantastic - freedom in three > >dimensions. I felt like a bird. / > > > > Swiss pilot, Yves Rossy, the first jet propelled > >flying man. Rossy flew over the Swiss Alps on Aug. > 23 > >for four minutes with two jet engines strapped to a > >wing on his back. The wing was made of carbon and > >filled with kerosene for an expected 10 minute > flight. > >He reached a top speed of 112 miles per second by > >flying out of an airplane and landing with a > >parachute. By day Rossy is a captain of an Airbus > for > >Swiss Airlines. > > > >(My note, 112 miles per second has got to be a > record > >in itself). > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > >http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail