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December 03, 2009

"JetMan's" "WingSuit" Technology Eyed for (Yesss!) Stealthy Jetpack Airborne Assaults
— Ace

Not a flyin' car, but delivering, maybe, one day, on a childhood dream.

Here's Jetman (skip to 3:50):

Jetman himself (Yves Rossi) isn't interested in selling his stuff for military development. But you know, other people have seen the video.

The Special Parachute and Logistics Consortium, is a German venture between two companies with expertise in this area. SPELCO produces a variety of parachute systems, helmets, oxygen supplies and other gear and services. But their most eye-catching project is the Gryphon Next Generation Parachute System (PDF, pictured).
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Â“All equipment is hidden in a lifting body optimized for stealth, the radar-signature is extremely low,Â” says the Gryphon data sheet (PDF). Â“Detection of incoming Gryphon soldiers by airborne or ground radar will be extremely difficult.Â”
Gryphon has a guidance system and heads-up display navigation. Best of all, the company are looking at an option for bolting on small engines similar to those used in Yves RossyÂ’s setup. These will increase the range to more than 60 miles, but will also make it possible to cover long distances from low altitude so that the entire mission can be more stealthy.

Posted by: Ace at 04:38 PM | Comments (56)
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1 Now, if JetMan can only fix that uber-link.

Posted by: Xoxotl at December 03, 2009 04:41 PM (rqIIX)

2 Le comments au blog et rouge.

Posted by: French Moron at December 03, 2009 04:41 PM (MMC8r)

3 It was clear this tech had military potential from the beginning.Probably something similar already in service.

Posted by: steevy at December 03, 2009 04:44 PM (1Cxdg)

4
JetMan needs to take the jetpack up to the poles and destroy the ozone layer to stop global warming.

Wait, what?

Posted by: Dang Straights at December 03, 2009 04:47 PM (bOV32)

5 they would come up with something now, 20 years to late for my worn out legs from road marches with full packs for 15-20 miles.

Posted by: trailortrash at December 03, 2009 04:49 PM (2Z+7j)

That 404 screen was teh AWESOME!

OT Christmas shopping for Geeks: If any of you morons need a wireless router that does serious DD-WRT weirdness, then take a look here: http://tinyurl.com/ygggylr

Scratch and dent at 80% off on the holy grail of 3rd party firmware capable routers. I grabbed one to go all Dr Frankenstein on.

Posted by: Jim in San Diego at December 03, 2009 04:50 PM (H7Rlw)

7
Remember the ROCKET MAN song by that british poofter?

Posted by: namewing plover at December 03, 2009 04:50 PM (1HKg5)

8 Something just occurred to me.

I do a lot of lurking at lefty blogs.
You know what I've never seen at lefty blogs?

War pron.

What kind of pathetic half-alive existence a man must have, to not feel comfortable putting fantastic jets and ships and artillery on his blog? I believe lefty men are just as fascinated by things that go boom as righty men are. You can't have a pair and not be. It's on the chromosome.

But they can't show it.
So very very sad.

Posted by: lauraw at December 03, 2009 04:51 PM (DbybK)

9
How many of you fags saw The Rocketeer? And liked it?

Posted by: a.k.a. at December 03, 2009 04:51 PM (1HKg5)

10 Looks like it contributes to global warming. We'll put a stop to that.

Posted by: James Hansen at December 03, 2009 04:51 PM (ZvKgM)

11 I believe lefty men are just as fascinated by things that go boom as righty men are. You can't have a pair and not be. It's on the chromosome.

You don't know any lefty men, do you? You know what lefty men like? Flower pron.

Posted by: FUBAR at December 03, 2009 04:53 PM (ZvKgM)

12
You don't know any lefty men, do you? You know what lefty men like? GAY Flower pron.

FIFY.

Posted by: nickless at December 03, 2009 04:56 PM (MMC8r)

13 Didn't ACME Co. designer Wile E. Coyote already develop something like tis?

Posted by: Dolphin at December 03, 2009 04:59 PM (QECjC)

14 Snake Pliskin.

Posted by: sexypig at December 03, 2009 04:59 PM (ZW4TW)

15 I thought lefties liked bicycle pron & lame jazz

Posted by: evil midnight bomber what bombs at midnight at December 03, 2009 05:01 PM (hCQG5)

16 You don't know any lefty men, do you? You know what lefty men like? GAY Flower pron.

There's NON-GAY Flower pron?

Posted by: XBradTC at December 03, 2009 05:03 PM (y0E9v)

17 Bing "personal helicopter youtube".

Who knew skyscrapers needed locks on the top floor anyway?

Posted by: Al at December 03, 2009 05:03 PM (0lyUI)

18 Regarding the Top Headlines story "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/ace/public_html/skins/1/blog-headlines.php on line 9"

Great stuff. Highly recommended. That and some laptop UGG batteries. I hear they accept WOW gold as payment now.

Posted by: Iskandar at December 03, 2009 05:04 PM (u1pln)

19
bicycle pron & lame jazz

Are you implying there's a different kind of jazz?

Posted by: Dang Straights at December 03, 2009 05:04 PM (bOV32)

20 Wow. Didn't take long for the spambot to show up.

Almost like... he had a personal Jetpack.

Posted by: Xoxotl at December 03, 2009 05:05 PM (rqIIX)

21 My guess is that lefty men like war pron when they see it.They than feel so guilty they liked it that they go light a Glade scent candle and donate to Code Pink.

Posted by: steevy at December 03, 2009 05:09 PM (1Cxdg)

22
Almost like... he had a personal Jetpack.

That spamming bastard has a JetPack? Sonova....

Posted by: Dang Straights at December 03, 2009 05:10 PM (bOV32)

23
I'd like to strap a jetpack to Joy Behar's old fat flat flabby ass and launch her into the clouds.

Posted by: a.k.a. at December 03, 2009 05:10 PM (k9Ti8)

24
Gonna need more than one with that treestump.

Posted by: Dang Straights at December 03, 2009 05:11 PM (bOV32)

This looks very unsafe. The Nanny State will never allow it.

Posted by: 48%er at December 03, 2009 05:12 PM (QOE7k)

26
speaking of old dykes...

how come we never hear of homos turning hetero?

Mrs Keaton went lesbo in her old age, is it possible Melissa Etheridge, for instance, will go hetero in her old age, maybe find a man and fall in love and leave all that lesbo shit behind?

Posted by: a.k.a. at December 03, 2009 05:13 PM (k9Ti8)

27
I mean why is the transition always one-way? It's always from straight to gay, never from gay to straight.

Posted by: a.k.a. at December 03, 2009 05:15 PM (k9Ti8)

28 'cause being gay is cool. Didn't you know?

Posted by: Xoxotl at December 03, 2009 05:16 PM (rqIIX)

29
Am i the only who ponders this shit?

Posted by: a.k.a. at December 03, 2009 05:16 PM (k9Ti8)

30 "Falling. With style!" -- Buzz Lightyear

Posted by: RB at December 03, 2009 05:18 PM (DHDwY)

31
I think you're right. I think there is a 'hip' factor involved here. Maybe it makes them feel young to be part of an 'alternative' community rather than part of a standard conventional lifestyle.

Posted by: a.k.a. at December 03, 2009 05:19 PM (k9Ti8)

OT - Bill Whittle absolutely DESTROYS douchebags Matthews, Moore, and ESPECIALLY Olbermann, at PJTV.

http://tinyurl.com/y9d9t23

It is long. It is worth it.

If for no other reason than forwarding to 8:00 to see the beginning of the BEST headtaking of a media member in history - "Keith".

Posted by: JDW at December 03, 2009 05:20 PM (L+u9U)

33 how come we never hear of homos turning hetero?

You do, but in those cases we're told it's poor souls who have been brainwashed by evil Christians into denying their true selves. No inconsistency there, nope, none at all.

Posted by: koopy at December 03, 2009 05:22 PM (XllG0)

34 Bill Whittle's bleep-ed out profanity that is said 3rd word from the end is priceless.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at December 03, 2009 05:22 PM (ruzrP)

#35 - BS - YUP!

This guy needs his own show with an expanded writing/fact gathering crew.

I have no shame in posting it again later tonight.

Posted by: JDW at December 03, 2009 05:23 PM (L+u9U)

36
I have no shame in posting it again later tonight.

Hey, if it's good enough for the head ewok, it's good enough for the morons.

Posted by: Dang Straights at December 03, 2009 05:26 PM (bOV32)

37 So you want to send me into outer space? So what? Who cares? You think some fancy jet pack concerns me? Are you serious? Who cares?

Posted by: joy behar at December 03, 2009 05:26 PM (crDIp)

38
First, I wanna give you a kick in the ass. Then I wanna send you to the moon.

Posted by: a.k.a. at December 03, 2009 05:28 PM (k9Ti8)

39 I believe lefty men are just as fascinated by things that go boom as righty men are. You can't have a pair and not be. It's on the chromosome.

Betas, the lot of 'em.

Posted by: Ace's liver at December 03, 2009 05:30 PM (XIXhw)

40 It was ridiculous anyway. So what if a french man goes up in a plane. It's ridiculous. Who cares?

Posted by: joy behar at December 03, 2009 05:32 PM (crDIp)

41 Oh yeah. You can insert them but how do you get them out?

Posted by: Molon Labe at December 03, 2009 05:33 PM (kYpqT)

42 Gay to straight? Anne Heche. Of course, she's also batshit insane. Literally.

How many of you fags saw The Rocketeer? And liked it?

Uhhhh, Jennifer Connelly in classy '40s era fashion. Every time I saw something shift under those dresses, my testicles would move.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 03, 2009 05:38 PM (9Lm5R)

43 My testicles haven't moved in 20 years. There I said it. Who cares.

Posted by: joy behar at December 03, 2009 05:40 PM (crDIp)

44

Heh. I was perusing Danger Room and I think I met an old friend of ours over there (fourth comment).

Posted by: Tinian at December 03, 2009 05:41 PM (7+pP9)

45 Jennifer Connelly in classy '40s era fashion

Now there are a couple of turbines.

Posted by: pep at December 03, 2009 05:46 PM (DZyVK)

46 Now there are a couple of turbines.

Rocket nose cones. That movie helped me achieve liftoff more than once IYKWIMAITTYD.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 03, 2009 05:51 PM (9Lm5R)

47 Bill Whittle's bleep-ed out profanity that is said 3rd word from the end is priceless. Posted by: BumperStickerist

Damn scary. It's almost like we have funny people on our side.

Posted by: Iskandar at December 03, 2009 05:53 PM (u1pln)

48 Finally, my handle choice is paying off!
Seriously though, my first thought was "does it pack a sim-stim rig" a la Neuromancer.
Watch out for those EMP guns...

Posted by: OU_Gryphon at December 03, 2009 06:22 PM (BtJyf)

49 Jet engines in close proximity with meltable/burnable nylon parachutes. What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: Purple Avenger at December 03, 2009 06:28 PM (4TNM6)

50 Number of ejaculations? 4. We can still say that kinda stuff around here, can't we? This site has "won accolades as Most Obscene Conservative Blog."

Posted by: Phil Jones at December 03, 2009 06:35 PM (muUqs)

51 Man, I can't wait to do a daring-do mission with my mask, cape, and jet pack to personally collar Bin Laden

And to think, Barack almost didn't invite me to the strategy meeting last Sunday. Jet packs, phasers, and the spidey web shooters and we can bring all the troops home and use a handful of Special Forces with the superweapons!

Posted by: Joe the Biden at December 03, 2009 07:03 PM (sYxEE)

That's the damnedest thing.

I was watching a show about this jet pack on the History Channel just this week & I was thinking "I wonder why the military never developed this -- with technological/materials advances since it was invented, this should be irresistible to the military."

It's not weird that the military IS trying to develop it. What's weird is that I thought this just a couple days ago, & now here this news is .... spooky.

Maybe I've got ESP.

Posted by: Uriel at December 03, 2009 07:07 PM (+F8Li)

53 I think I met an old friend of ours over there

Wow, HC has learned to deep-throat, he must be taking extension courses at a Big10 school.

Posted by: toby928 at December 03, 2009 07:34 PM (PD1tk)

54 Beats that shitty-ass "heli-pack" that my GI Joe had to get along with circa 1972. You know the one. The one with the button you had to keep pushing to keep the blades--those that hadn't broken off--turning.

Posted by: railwriter at December 04, 2009 12:55 AM (daRzV)

55 #50 OU_Gryphon, that's the first thing I thought of when I saw this: Screaming Fist.

Posted by: Ken at December 04, 2009 04:44 AM (rQI8i)

56 Uhhh... Ok. You first.

Posted by: mojo at December 04, 2009 06:02 AM (g1cNf)

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