Airplane dangling from power lines
Sometimes reality is weirder than fiction. After the moose dangling from the power lines
, now here here we have an airplane performing the same trick.
Airplane dangling from power lines
The airplane had been approaching the landing field in Durach (Germany) when the 65-year-old pilot made an error and clipped the high-tension cables on his way in. The right landing wheel got caught and flipped the plane over on to its back.
The pilot and his wife were suspended from the 380,000 volt cables for nearly three hours upside down with aviation fuel pouring over them and dangerously close to the hot engine. A specialist crane weighing over 130 tons had to be trucked in to rescue them.
A video report called "Plane hits power lines
" can be found on the BBC website.
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xorbit,
last changed on August 18, 2008
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Getting bored with your daily commute? Try this!
Getting from point A to point B would become a whole lot more interesting if this guy would have his way. What you see here is the GEN H-4, the worlds smallest one-man helicopter. For 'just' $29000 and 30-40 hours of spare time (some assembly is required), this thing will get you in the air for about 30 minutes, at speeds up to 90 km/h (56 mph) and as high as a kilometer (about half a mile). The faint of heart need not apply.
GEN H-4 personal helicopter
Yes, this thing is for real. This movie shows it in operation. I just wish the pilot would actually show off the speed and height this thing can reach instead of mozying around...
GEN H-4 personal helicopter in action
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xorbit,
last changed on August 7, 2008
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Weird cow
What do you do when you have an old tank, a milk can and a tin bucket laying around? Why, you turn it into a cow and put it in your front yard of course!
Weird cow!
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xorbit,
last changed on June 25, 2008
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They ate WHAT?
Is this modern art? No, it is a snake that was hungry and decided that a couple of light bulbs looked very tasty!
Would you like some tasty light bulbs?
It is amazing what animals will eat. It is even more amazing what they will eat and still survive. To find out how many golf balls and rocks fit in a dog, take a look at this HousePetMagazine.com page called "They ate what!"
. You'll also find out where to look the next time a steak knife goes missing...
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xorbit,
last changed on May 9, 2008
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