Everyone wishes they could fell , but this 19 - year - old shaver spent three yr building his dream from balsa woods , rip - insubordinate foil and plastic wrapper . And amazingly , the 85 - fundament - wingspread guile has already hopped a space of about 35 feet .
The modest distance ( and height of about 5 feet ) is n’t a bad start in human - powered escape for a do - it - yourselfer . Dutchman Jesse van Kuijk trust to go further in the future , without the cycle chain powering his propeller slipping off its cog .
Though he ’s never vanish in a real plane , Jesse says he meditate self - powered craft like theGossamer Condorand the English - Channel crossingGossamer Albatross . He also got wind from the Albatross ’ buffer , American Bryan Allen , who is now a software engineer for the Mars exploration project .
So , what did you do this summertime ? [ SpiegelviaInhabitat ]
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