[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO099D_Do2M] Dan Johnson runs a very entertaining website over at ByDanJohnson.com, where he covers all things related to Light Sport Aircraft (the relatively new FAA category of small planes that are easier to get licensed for than regular planes). He recently posted this rather incredible footage of a Russian man flying what basically amounts to the misbegotten offspring of a hang glider and a gyroplane. I would love to know more about this contraption and the daredevil who flew it — if he’s still alive I would consider it definitive proof of a Higher Power, and one who has a decided appreciation for aeronautical nut jobs.
Parenthetically, I really want one of these. I wonder if the folks at Wallaby Ranch would be willing to tow me into the air?
That is absolutely amazing. Takes a serious wild side to enjoy an Light Sport Aircraft.