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Welcome to the Barnes-Wallace Offshore Skydiving Society.
When you get to the top of the manifest, you will be zipped securely
into your zorb which, in turn, will be latched to one of the deployment
racks of our restored Wellcaster bomber.
The rest, as they say, is hysteria.
Mad, Bad and Dangerous?
http://books.google...=onepage&q=&f=false
"… if you told them that I designed it, do you think that might help?" [Ian Tindale, Aug 08 2009]
Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson VC, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Gibson
Leader of the Dam Busters raid. [8th of 7, Aug 08 2009]
Carling Black Label ad
http://www.youtube....watch?v=iVSBtivbUs4
[bigsleep, Aug 08 2009]
The Tallboy
http://en.wikipedia...g/wiki/Tallboy_bomb
[wagster, Aug 10 2009]
[link]
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[+] just for mentioning Sir Barnes Wallace. (q.v.) |
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Was he in any way related to Barnes Neville Wallis, the inventor of the Tallboy and Grand Slam? |
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Or is this more of a Wallace and Gromit pastiche? |
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Is that like a Cornish pastiche, except with cheese instead of meat ? |
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...and will there be a rubber dam off which to impact and bounce? |
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//Barnes-Wallace //
Something to do with South West London, and a Mel Gibson character? |
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No, North-West Germany, and Guy Gibson.... |
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Would the zorb be brought up to a rotation speed before dropping to provide stability ? After watching a few zorbing vids, it's customary (although some companys don't) to put some water in the zorb so the passenger can rotate independently of the sphere. |
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I'd probably use this to arrive at a beach bar at night, floodlit by the aircraft's height discriminator. |
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I bet he drinks Carling Black Label. |
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Anyone who tries this will ruhr the day. |
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Less popular is the onshore version based on the Barnes Wallis "Tallboy" (link). |
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Extreme sports and concurrent burial in one slim, supersonic, hardened steel package. |
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The "Grand Slam" (the ten-tonner), also dropped by 617 Squadron, was even more impressive (Check out "Bielefeld Viaduct"). |
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