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posted by janrinok on Monday September 02 2019, @11:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the you've-got-mail! dept.

Submitted via IRC for Bytram

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.


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 03 2019, @02:45AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 03 2019, @02:45AM (#889080)

    Jail him just like gyrocopter guy [soylentnews.org].

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday September 03 2019, @10:52AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 03 2019, @10:52AM (#889161) Journal
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
  • (Score: 2) by Luke on Wednesday September 04 2019, @01:33AM

    by Luke (175) on Wednesday September 04 2019, @01:33AM (#889342)

    I think gyrocopter girl https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj-ivhpjeSj7Qpqi8MHF-RA [youtube.com] is _much_ more interesting!