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sn#053924 filedate 1973-07-12 generic text, type T, neo UTF8
00100 A NEW SPORT
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00400 Sky diving is great fun, but it is rather dangerous,
00500 there are only a few places where it can be done, and there
00600 is a lot of waiting around and packing of parachutes for only
00700 a little sky diving.
00800 Much of the fun of sky diving without the disadvantages might be
00900 has by flying in a low speed wind tunnel facing up. The system
01000 would work as follows:
01100
01200 1. The wind tunnel maintains an upward velocity of about
01300 140 miles per hour upwards. This means that a person in the
01400 standard face down spread arms and legs position used in sky
01500 diving will rise but in other positions will fall.
01600
01700 2. The region of flight will be bounded on all sides by
01800 netting that will prevent injury even if hit at a considerable
01900 velocity.
02000
02100 3. Naturally, the bigger the area of flight, the greater
02200 the fun.
02300
02400 4. As in sky diving, there are many maneuvers and stunts
02500 possible both individually and in groups.
02600
02700 5. Probably it will not be necessary to wear specially
02800 clothing and protective head gear.