标签: carbon fiber

My old chum George just pointed me to two videos that left my heart pounding... I have previously seen this video of Swiss pilot Yves "Jetman" Rossy, who is said to be the first man in history to fly like a bird. Having said this, Rossy was equipped with fiberglass and carbon fiber wings powered by kerosene-fueled engines ... but it was still pretty darned impressive. Anyway, my old chum George sent me an email me to say "Max, you should check out this awe-inspiring wing-suit video!" along with a link to this video . He quickly followed this up with a link to this second video . Now, it's easy to throw terms like "awe-inspiring" around. I hear this sort of thing a lot, but quite often I'm left feeling a little deflated and "ho-hum" after seeing whatever it is that someone else thought was staggeringly exciting. This is certainly not the case with these videos, which involve a guy called Jeb Corliss jumping off the top of mountains and zipping around the sky using a wing-suit. There are times when Jeb looks like he's going to hit the ground or the side of a mountain or something... Words fail me – seriously! All I can say is that while I was watching these videos my heart was pounding and I found myself gripping the sides of my seat. As someone commented on YouTube "That man's balls have their own gravitational field." I second that motion!