"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
02/19/2014 at 11:50 • Filed to: planelopnik
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
02/19/2014 at 11:50 • Filed to: planelopnik | 1
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James May takes the back seat in the 2-seat TU-2 trainer and goes into the stratosphere. Absolutely stunning video excerpted from !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (2009), a documentary that celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings.
I imagine many of you Top Gearheads have already seen this, but it was new to me. Sadly, I can't seem to find it in hi def. To put things into a little bit of perspective, May was cruising at 70,000 feet (the SR-71 has a service ceiling of 85,000 feet). Felix Baumgartner jumped out of his Stratos capsule from over 126,000 feet.
After the flight, an understandably emotional May summed it up brilliantly: "If everybody could do that once, it would completely change the face of global politics, religion, education, everything."
tromoly
> ttyymmnn
02/19/2014 at 12:08 |
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Um, it was produced in 2009......
minardi
> ttyymmnn
02/19/2014 at 12:30 |
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Each time I fly, I always manage to get a window seat for one single reason, to look out and let my mind drift away. Even at 35 000 ft, it is still magic for me, even after crossing the Atlantic more than 50 times...
GTI MkVII
> ttyymmnn
02/19/2014 at 12:43 |
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I've seen this before, but it was a while ago. Thanks for sharing it - never ceases to amaze me. The world is an absolutely stunning thing.
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ttyymmnn
> tromoly
02/19/2014 at 12:45 |
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Derp. That's me being a dope. Thanks.
It's a "Porch-uh"
> ttyymmnn
02/19/2014 at 14:22 |
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I watched the original series, so when you posted this I didn't bother, but then I saw a Wired article on the U2 ( http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/0… ) and this video is what they posted. Weird.
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ttyymmnn
> It's a "Porch-uh"
02/19/2014 at 14:26 |
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Synchronicity.