Really? Peter was the flyer? He’s the entrepreneur. It’s usually Thor who’s the inventor/risk-taker. Peter would have hired Thor to make the leap! :::nitpick, nitpick:::
They should join the Man Will Never Fly Society and have a drink.http://hamptonroads.com/2007/12/tongue-cheek-man-will-never-fly-society-continues-tradition
Re the Wright Brothers flight: The distance of their first flight was once exceeded by a -— locomotive! A vandal threw a switch, switching a train onto an elevated coal loading chute.
hsawlrae almost 13 years ago
One flew over the coo coo’s nest?
kbyrdleroy123 almost 13 years ago
The Wright Bros will do it better centuries from then.
Futabakun Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Really? Peter was the flyer? He’s the entrepreneur. It’s usually Thor who’s the inventor/risk-taker. Peter would have hired Thor to make the leap! :::nitpick, nitpick:::
bluskies almost 13 years ago
Never announce your achievements before you’ve achieved them. Saves a lot of embarrassment.
bluskies almost 13 years ago
Then again, on second glance he DID beat the Wright Brothers on both altitude and distance for a first flight…
Elaine Rosco Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Ouch!
Kaputnik almost 13 years ago
At least the post-accident paperwork would have been a lot simpler then.
flagmichael almost 13 years ago
When I was in aviation the word was that “a flight report is the loud noise at the unsuccessful termination of a flight.”
aejb almost 13 years ago
Wile E. Coyote’s move
rshive almost 13 years ago
Where are the cameras from the History Channel?
rockngolfer almost 13 years ago
They should join the Man Will Never Fly Society and have a drink.http://hamptonroads.com/2007/12/tongue-cheek-man-will-never-fly-society-continues-tradition
legaleagle48 almost 13 years ago
OK, I give up. What does N.T.S.B stand for?
skycop almost 13 years ago
Definitely “Grounded”
j50k almost 13 years ago
What goes up must come down.
tuslog64 almost 13 years ago
Re the Wright Brothers flight: The distance of their first flight was once exceeded by a -— locomotive! A vandal threw a switch, switching a train onto an elevated coal loading chute.
JP Steve Premium Member almost 13 years ago
“If God had meant us to fly he wouldn’t have given us the railways!”The Frost Report
iced tea almost 13 years ago
He should have flown near a softer surface like sand.
tigre1 almost 13 years ago
I want a powered hang glider.
Shikamoo Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Icarus had the first N.T.S.B. report- but he beat the Wright Bros. by flying to close to the sun.