NASA releases design for personal "flying suit."

[mxflyer]

http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/...gns-for-personal-flying-suit/?no_interstitial


It's not quite a suit..

 

[Swen]

It would be fun to take a girl with.

 

[Inverted]

It would be fun to take a girl with.

Especially if the design requires the pax to lay below the pilot face up...

 

[mshunter]

Oh brother.:whatever:

 

[MikeD]

Oh brother.:whatever:

C'mon now. NASA needs something to do now that the shuttle's are going to the boneyard.....

 

[imatworkallday]

For some reason, I see that landing on it's tail then the wings and engines fold down and the damn thing walks off like a transformer. Don't know why...I just do.

 

[ahsmatt7]

I wonder what it would be like when motion sickness strikes.

 

[mshunter]

C'mon now. NASA needs something to do now that the shuttle's are going to the boneyard.....

Yeah, like teach me how to fly the T-38. But seriously, aren't we talking about going back to the Moon, and Mars. Spend it there rather than on some useless toy. Look how many have failed before them, and not all because their design was wrong, but be cause of the integration into the current system.

 

[Minuteman]

Gentlemen, I have three words for you: "The Commuter Cannon!" It gets you from home to work in under two minutes, with only a 1% chance of a detached retina, and only 0.01% chance of liquefaction.

Up next: "The Commuter Landing Pad!"

 

[mxflyer]

But seriously, aren't we talking about going back to the Moon, and Mars. Spend it there rather than on some useless toy.

But it has "a low eniromental impact." The discoveries will help in other areas, so even if it fails, its still a success.

 

[at1024]

The FAA will create so many regs and restrictions for this that it will defeat its original purpose.

 

[ETAV8R]

I want one!
What is the point of those wheels though?

 

[TheresaPilot]

I wonder if it's "Dry Clean Only" or I can wash it in the clothes washer... :laff:

 

[ralphbrynard]

I wonder how many rich folks will die in one of those...

 

[wildfreightess]

But how will I wear one of these in a bar?

 

[contactground.9]

Oh boy! I can't wait to spend millions (possibly billions) of dollars on this thing before the idea is scrapped and never spoken of again!!

 

[mooneyguy]

Especially if the design requires the pax to lay below the pilot face up...

hmmm there are a couple of ntsb reports that say that would NOT be a good idea!

 

[inigo88]

Reminds me of the Lockheed XFV and the Convair XFY of the 1950s.

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I didn't realize the tethered tests were done in the dirigible hangar at Moffet.

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"Convair and the United States Navy have begun a new chapter in aviation."

 

[mooneyguy]

Reminds me of the Lockheed XFV and the Convair XFY of the 1950s.



I didn't realize the tethered tests were done in the dirigible hangar at Moffet.



"Convair and the United States Navy have begun a new chapter in aviation."

that is pretty wild. I don't think I would have volunteered for that assignment!