Fly Your Body – Wing Suit Base Jumping

With a new study suggesting that procuring life experiences not possessions leads to greater happiness, what better way to mark the findings than by celebrating an activity that’s truly going make you feel alive – assuming you don’t die trying. Sure, the screwballs that are into wingsuit BASE jumping may look like the human answer to flying squirrels, but we’ll bet they’re having more fun than you are when you’re shopping down at the local mall.
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Skydive From Space

He has jumped off two of the tallest buildings in the world, as well as the statue of Christ in Rio de Janeiro (a 95-foot leap for which he claimed a low-altitude record for parachuting). He has sky-dived across the English Channel. He once plunged into the black void of a 623-foot-deep cave, which he formerly considered the most difficult jump of his career.

But now Fearless Felix, as his fans call him, has something more difficult on the agenda: jumping from a helium balloon in the stratosphere at least 120,000 feet above Earth. Within about half a minute, he figures, he would be going 690 miles per hour and become the first skydiver to break the speed of sound. After a free fall lasting five and a half minutes, his parachute would open and land him about 23 miles below the balloon.
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IMAX Hubble 3D

Hubble 3D (also IMAX: Hubble 3D) is a 2010 documentary film about the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission.

Synopsis – “Through the power of IMAX 3D, Hubble 3D will enable movie-goers to journey through distant galaxies to explore the grandeur and mysteries of our celestial surroundings, and accompany space-walking astronauts as they attempt the most difficult and important tasks in NASAs history.

The film will offer an inspiring and unique look into the Hubble Space Telescopes legacy and highlight its profound impact on the way we view the universe and ourselves. Hubble 3D is an IMAX and Warner Bros. Pictures production, in cooperation with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The film reunites the Space Station 3D filmmaking team, led by Producer/Director Toni Myers. Hubble 3D will blast off exclusively to IMAX and IMAX 3D theatres on March 19th, 2010.

This will be nothing short of AWESOME!

Powered Paragliding Worlds Cheapest Way To Fly

Imagine being able to drive to your nearest park and pull a personal aircraft out of the boot of your car that costs half the price of the car you came in! Welcome to the world of Powered Paragliding!

Powered Paragliding is one of the fastest growing pastimes for aviation enthusiasts around the world and it all comes down to affordability and fun. Traditional paragliders stay in the vicinity of thermals and light winds on the edge of cliffs and hills, but powered paragliding gives you a vehicle that you can really fly in.
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Dragonfly DF1 Helicopter With No Engine & Minimal Maintenance

Imagine a helicopter with no engine, no emissions, virtually no maintenance and you can learn to fly it in under 20hours? Sounds like a dream right? but this little gem is coming to you real soon for approximately $50,000USD!!!

The Dragonfly DF1 has hydrogen peroxide rockets at the tips of the main rotor blades that jet the blades into motion, without the need of a conventional turbine or piston engine. This gives the Dragonfly only a handful of moving parts in comparison to a conventional helicopter which reduces the maintenance cost ten fold. The Dragonfly requires no complicated cooling, intake, exhaust, ignition, or hydraulic systems. The steering system is very simple, just a joy stick.
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