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Flying Throughout History

Since the days when Orville and Wilbur Wright jumped into the first real airplane, man has come up with some highly interesting, if not imaginative, airplane designs. From simple jet packs strapped to the back to huge multi-winged monstrosities, the airplane has seen it all. Here are just a few of the inventive ways man [...]


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Wacky extreme men in their flying machines - Portland Oregon


Photo by: Courtesy of Francois Portmann/Red Bull Photofiles Photo by: Courtesy of Francois Portmann/Red Bull Photofiles Photo by: Courtesy of The Public Works (Arzt)/Red Bull Photofiles Extraordinary crowds recently turned out to witness those amazing men in their flying machines - I quickly add here that they were not all men but it somehow sounds better - reference the movie. And some extreme scenes followed - no great advance or even small step for mankind - i




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