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The postie who went off like a rocket
A British inventor has taken up the challenge to deliver a letter across open water through donning a jet engine-powered suit, 85 years after the idea of rocket post failed.
Richard Browning has followed in the footsteps of German entrepreneur Gerhard Zucker, who tried to send mail by rocket to the Isle of Wight, in 1934.
The distance from Hurst Castle in Lymington to Fort Albert in Freshwater is 1.3 km, and is the furthest Richard has ever flown.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 03 2019, @02:45AM (2 children)
Jail him just like gyrocopter guy [soylentnews.org].
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday September 03 2019, @10:52AM
Oh, yeah, whatever happened to him? [usatoday.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by Luke on Wednesday September 04 2019, @01:33AM
I think gyrocopter girl https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj-ivhpjeSj7Qpqi8MHF-RA [youtube.com] is _much_ more interesting!