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Jetman Attempts Intercontinental Flight 140

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 25, 2009 @01:32PM from the a-jetwing-and-a-prayer dept.

Last year we ran the story of Yves Rossy and his DIY jetwings. Yves spent $190,000 and countless hours building a set of jet-powered wings which he used to cross the English Channel. Rossy's next goal is to cross the Strait of Gibraltar, from Tangier in Morocco and Tarifa on the southwestern tip of Spain. From the article: "Using a four-cylinder jet pack and carbon fibre wings spanning over 8ft, he will jump out of a plane at 6,500 ft and cruise at 130 mph until he reaches the Spanish coast, when he will parachute to earth." Update 18:57 GMT: mytrip writes: "Yves Rossy took off from Tangiers but five minutes into an expected 15-minute flight he was obliged to ditch into the wind-swept waters."

Comment Re:Ditch it (Score 1) 198

by JohnWasser on Wednesday October 29, 2008 @04:22PM (#25560401) Attached to: ICANN Proposes New Way To Buy Top-Level Domains

I like the auction idea. Not all TLD's are of equal value. Perhaps instead of a fixed price there should be a fixed minimum bid to cover costs and an auction of, say, 90 days to see who is willing to pay the most for the rights to control the new TLD. That should bring in enough revenue that the minimum bid could be brought down to a range that some smaller organizations could afford, like $1000.

Perhaps there should be an annual maintenance fee. How about 1% of the purchase price? If the fee is not paid the domain is re-auctioned to a new owner. I foresee problems with the new owner raising rates on sub-domain owners, either to milk them or to drive them away so the sub-domains can be re-sold... Not sure if/how I would propose controlling that.

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