Cloud Surfing...

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Cloud Surfing...

Bill Herderich

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When he isn’t working as a flight test engineer in Huntsville, Ala., Wyp is developing and testing WingBoards

Yep, I know how this is going to turn out: "Hey guys, watch this...."

- source: She who makes all things possible grew up there about 7 miles from the Arsenal.

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"Wingboarding isn’t quite to the manned prototype phase yet, but Wyp did a successful demo flight last month using a plastic 31-inch-tall fully articulated rider. The 3D-printed model, known as James, was towed by a tiny Bill Hempel Decathlon plane. He has his own working parachute and even did several barrel rolls."

Sounds like they are using a crash test dummy in this thing. Sorry - not for me. They need a dummy rated for falling off of an airplane at 1000 ft. My head plastic is too soft for that. I usually am only used in 5 MPH bumper tests. I am however, fully articulate.

What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.

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Cloud ... nothings

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