The annual Flying Day competition from Red Bull challenges people to create human-powered flying machines and launch them from a three-story deck with the hope of achieving flight.
Or is it fear of more flying? I promise to get off this topic after today, but in anticipation of a return flight tomorrow that will take off in bad weather, I found myself .
`Flying Wallenda' readies for Grand Canyon high-wire act Nik Wallenda, a seventh-generation member of the "Flying Wallendas" family of acrobats, is getting ready for a quarter-mile walk across the Grand Canyon on a steel cable.
June 17, 2013 - Denver Post
`Flying Wallenda’ readies for Grand Canyon high-wire act (Video) Nik Wallenda, a seventh-generation member of the "Flying Wallendas" family of acrobats, is getting ready for a quarter-mile walk across the Grand Canyon on a steel cable.
June 17, 2013 - The Oneida Daily Dispatch
Flying bicycle unveiled A flying bicycle made its debut flight this week in the Czech Republic. It may not have flown high, far...
June 14, 2013 - FOX 8 WGHP
Dana Rohrabacher in Forbes The weight of bureaucracy kept these planes from flying, not the heavy winds,Republican US Rep. Dana Rohrabacher told The Associated Press. "When you look at what's happened, it's disgusting, inexcusable foot-dragging that's put tens of...
Bertrand Piccard in Contra Costa Times The goal of the project is to have a solar-powered plane flying day and night without fuel,Solar Impluse team co-founder Bertrand Piccard told the AP. "This flight is crucial for the credibility of the project."
Nancy Pelosi in AFP Working in a bipartisan way, we sent a message to Wall Street. The party is over,said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "The era of golden parachutes for high flying Wall Street operators is over. No longer will the US taxpayer bail out the...