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Two adventurers are heading off across the state of Oregon, and perhaps beyond, in two lawn chairs and a bunch of balloons. It’s happening right now. Track them live! http://www.couchballoons.com/googlemap MachNoneFLying reporter Danlives in bend and caught this video of the launch in the early morning sun.
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It’s half sitting on a cloud and half magic carpet ride. It’s 100 percent good time. For those who have never experienced riding in a powered parachute, it’s almost impossible to accurately describe the feeling of floating effortlessly through the air 1,000 feet above the ground. People around the nation have turned this experience into their hobby...
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And now for a twist on an outdoor adventure tale out of Alaska: A 25-year-old Pennsylvania man who planned to paraglide off Denali was taken off the mountain by authorities who worried the man was ill-prepared and suffering from altitude sickness. The man, who was not identified, was speaking incoherently at times and showed...
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Some beautiful music and footage of PPCs flying in the state of Oregon. It doesn’t get prettier than this. THIS is why we fly.
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We last checked in with Jetman Yves Rossy late last year when his attempt to complete the first intercontinental jetpack flight from Morocco to Spain unfortunately fell short. However, that setback hasn’t deterred Rossy, who has spent the time since developing and testing a fast extracting pyrotechnic parachute and a lighter and more powerful...
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MOSUL, Iraq – The risk-averse will tell you that it takes a special sort of foolishness to jump from a mountain with just a paraglider strapped to your back. So what, then, does that make the members of the Falcon Club, an Iraqi group of daredevils who sail through the air above Mosul, which is...
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BRAINERD, Minn. – A Brainerd man was sentenced Monday for flying and crashing an ultralight plane into Gull Lake last June while under the influence. 44-year-old Jonathan Kurilla crashed the plane into the lake on June 20th, 2009 and was sentenced Tuesday to one year in jail and a 3 thousand dollar fine. He was...
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“Those magnificent men in their flying machines. They go up, tiddly, up, up. They go down, tiddly, down, down. They enchant all the ladies and steal all the scenes.” — Lyrics by Ron Goodwin The machine looks simple: a go-kart-type frame, propeller and engine on the back and a colorful parachute. The word “contraption” comes to mind....
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Ultralight Powered Parachute cross country flight. Take off from farm field landing in a small parking lot for a quick lunch break before flying home. Beautiful skies, fields, mountains and aerial video of parachutes in flight. We had our quarterly “barf” gathering, at Port Mansfield, Texas. And here it show the nice things that...
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PHOENIX – The North American Aerospace Defense Command says two F-16 fighter planes intercepted an ultralight aircraft near the U.S.-Mexico border in southwestern Arizona. The plane crossed from Mexico into Arizona just after 6 a.m. Sunday. NORAD dispatched two F-16s from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson and they shadowed the ultralight for about 30...
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SEBRING — “It is like riding a magic carpet.” That is how Phil Lockwood, owner of Lockwood Aviation, described his revolutionary experimental aircraft the Air-Cam. Lockwood’s company is located at the Sebring Airport, south of the main terminal, and provides flight training as well as airplane maintenance, repair and manufacturing of the Air-Cam. Small and sporty, the...
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The Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Surveyor (Ares), around the size of a small plane, will be folded into a rocket and launched to the red planet. It would be the first aircraft ever to fly over another world. After entering the atmosphere in a capsule, the aircraft would deploy parachutes and unfold its wings and tail,...
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FlightJunkie250 tells us “I once thought that PPG was all about flying. Then I found youtube, and a hobby became making videos of my flights.” Isn’t that the way most hobbies are? They just seem to take on a life of their own, taking turns we never imagined...
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- Bill Horton’s “wingless airplane”. Bill entered into a partnership with Howard Hughes, and legal wrangling from that (still ongoing!) stopped all development of this plane. – “Sky Baby” the world’s smallest homebuilt biplane, 1952. Made it in the “Guinness Book of World Records”, but not practical for the homebuilt market. Designer Ray Stits donated...
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The US military has apparently lost contact with an experimental hypersonic vehicle over the Pacific Ocean. According to Turner Brinton of Space News, the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle (HTV)-2 was the “first in a series of flight experiments” planned to demonstrate technology that could be deployed in future long-range conventional missiles. “...
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From a YouTube post: A not uncommon landing – I thought it would be interesting to share. I took off with a nice W headwind down the runway. The forecast was for the wind to die down. Instead, when I returned (past sunset) it increased to 20 km/h (12 mph) and changed direction...
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If you are hell-bent on buzzing runways at sunset by hanging off a piece of inflated nylon, here are some tips on how to do it right. Shot on 13 Apr 2010 at Stoney Creek airport, near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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As editors of this online newspaper we look at dozens of flying videos a day.  This song is over used. WAY over used! There should be a law against the further use of the song in flying videos… No ifs ands or buts…. But… this video is a pretty good overview...
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Полёты на аэрошюте зимой на Московском море в Конаково… Some Russian lads are stuck in the city in  snowstorm, so they make do… heading out for some fun through and over the city.
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First run-up… and.. First Hover Test of my Mk 4 Homebuilt Helicopter. It’s one small leap for man.. one giant leap for mankind.
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April 07, 2010 — What’s it like to learn to fly a PPG?  Listen in as a teacher guides his student.  Newest Skyrat, Steve Kodrzycki has his first PPG flight! Flying his new Fresh Breeze Sportix, and MacPara Eden 4.  He did a great job.  The ice is gone now and we are looking forward to...
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There’s gotta be a better way! A few tows of mine at jean dry lake bed las vegas. watch the last part of my bumb launch.
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The TXWingNuts and BARFClub Members took to West Beach for a joint flight celebrating an event 5 years ago this Good Friday when a pilot was saved from drowning. The pilott, under the water for 5 minutes and having turned blue, was successfully resucitated on Good Friday and was released from the hospital Easter...
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GHENT — Two people from Massachusetts were killed Sunday when their experimental plane crashed shortly after takeoff from a Columbia County airstrip, police said. State Police are continuing to investigate why the fixed-wing single-engine aircraft suddenly plunged to the ground about 2:40 p.m., just after taking to the skies from the Kline Kill airstrip located...
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I thinkpowered parachutes are a great way to learn about flight. Those guys reallyenjoy getting up and looking around. The machines are affordable for many and the folks have a lot of funtravelling around to different events or just going for a flight.
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No humans were harmed in this potentially messy cross-wind landing, just the ego of the pilot. Find more videos like this on Free to Adventure Microlight Videos | Ultralight Video | Photos
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A man flying a paraplane got himself caught in a bit of pickle Thursday afternoon. The pilot crashed his brightly-colored powered parachute into some trees in Valley Forge Park in Upper Merion Township a little bit before 5 p.m. The Malvern, Pa. man crashed his engine-powered parachute after he ran out of fuel. Lance Altemose was stuck for nearly two hours. A Coast Guard helicopter...
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OCONEE COUNTY — Wednesday’s search and rescue operation on Hartwell Lake demonstrates how much can hinge on a single 9-1-1 call, according to an Oconee County Emergency Services official. A motorist traveling along I-85 near the South Carolina-Georgia border late Wednesday evening called 9-1-1 to say she had seen an aircraft, presumably an ultralight, buzz an...
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JOHNS ISLAND, SC (WCSC) – Rescue crews from Charleston city and Charleston County responded to a small plane crash on Johns Island late Thursday morning. Charleston Aviation Authority spokesperson Becky Beaman said the FAA has arrived on scene and the body has been removed from the crash site. The Charleston County Coroner’s office has not identified...
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2010 Sport Aviation Expo Company Attendees Reflect on the LSA Market
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A warm spring day with onshore winds near Nikomis Florida on the Flat Top and Dudek Plasma 25m.
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I am sure there was a rather heated conversation later on the beach, but at least nobody was hurt. Skydiver hits a paraglider during freefall.
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While the MachNoneFlying.com team heads out on vacation for three days, we offer you some “classic:” stories from our past. Enjoy! In October 2009, six members of the Itec team went to New York to receive the Popular Mechanics’ Breakthrough award for its development of the Maverick, Itec’s flying car. It was a great...
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While the MachNoneFlying.com team heads out on vacation for three days, we offer you some “classic:” stories from our past. Enjoy! I was following Kevin about 300 feet up getting some video when I did a shallow turn at idle and my motor died. I spotted a place to land but I had time to...
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Super Dell Schanze has filed the necessary paperwork to challenge republicans Gary Herbert and Richard Martin for governor. The last time Schanze ran for the same office in 2008, he did so as a libertarian. He received less than 3% of the vote and subsequently lost the mayoral race in Saratoga Springs. He has also...
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Spring 2010 is finally here. Angelo and I planned to fly from Haddam Meadows down to Goodspeed Airport to meet friends. A little ways out from Haddam, a bolt holding my redive (and engine( on sheared; I shut down the engin and turned back to the field. A good tailwind meant no problem reaching...
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A 28-year-old man was freed from a tree in V.A. Barrie Park Wednesday evening after his paraglider crashed in the treetop to avoid hitting the ground. St. Thomas police and firefighters were called to the Sunset Drive disc golf park just after 7 p.m. after a neighbourhood resident called to report a glider stuck in...
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Powered Parachute Flying to Kansas in Southern Michigan. A flight at sunset. Powered Parachute Flying at Gilmore Car Museum
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One of the great things about Powered Parachutes is how easy they are to fly. You can be flying on your own in just a handful of hours. And they are safe and relatively forgiving, at least when it comes to your health, if not sometimes your pocketbook. ...
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Some wonderful footage of a PPG pilot flying through the mountains of Switzerland. Some beautiful scenery that’s well worth checking out. Paragliding Zermatt – Paraglider Over Zermatt from thomas martin on Vimeo.
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Three good videos of PPG flocks. “Flying with the Flock out at Stapleton on a cold overcast morning. The first couple of flights were cold.”
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Here a new Falcon ready to ship This one has frontal bars and reserve chute mounted. Also I test flew it tonite and tried out the new front tire fender/brake. The brake is more effective than foot dragging and a lot safer. It can hold the Falcon back at full power, and with a hard...
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Test flying (or trying) a new backpack Powered Paraglider attached to a homemade trike. No wind and chute just did not want to kite up. Central Utah. Great time working on the right setup. Palm Bay Police Powered Parachute Powered Parachutes drop in to Iola Airport for lunch. Iola airport website : http://netnet.net/~wjknjan/index.html
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Super Dell says: Spectacular paramotoring flight through Moab. Powered paragliding makes your dream of flying a reality. This incredible backpack aircraft makes all your dreams come true.
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Got some air time finally. In this video I working out details on how to get conversations recorded during the flight. It has some minor background noise witch I should be able to eliminate in the next video. Thanks Dan.
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легкий двухместный аэрошют Егерь с двигателем Rotax-503 – What he said.
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Female Icelandic paraglider pilots, Anita Bjornsdottir and Aslaug Einarsdottir, are about to embark upon a two-year paragliding adventure with an added twist: to raise global awareness of issues such as women’s rights and gender equality, and to learn about the lives of women in different cultures. “We intend to approach this matter in a...
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My first flight with Electric Trikebuggy with RC motors. The battery are LiFePO4 type, large and heavy, they are safer to use. Will change to Lipo soon to get lighter, longer flight and more power.
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Finally got some decent air yesterday. I have been wanting to test out some new gadgets. I purchased some heated gloves and and coat. The temps were around 30 with wind chill. The equipment worked GREAT! They run a rechargeable battery pack. They will run up to 8 hours on low and 2 hours...
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A powered paraglider pilot finds a spectacular view somewhere between heaven and earth.
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Launched at TTRA monthly event held at Varn ranch, Plant City, FL. “Cinema 3″ was powered by a G80-10 motor and carried an Aiptek HD-1 camcorder. Test of a homemade parachute release device activated by an altimeter. The device didn’t work properly, and the drogue chute, made by Phylachutes, saved the rocket and camcorder....
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A Dallas man in a paraglider crash-landed in Dallas on Sunday but did not suffer life-threatening injuries. Curtis Lee Richards, 44, lost control of his red-framed motor and wood propeller apparatus because of “bad cross winds,” according to the official report. A call about the incident came in about 2 p.m. in the 5300 block...
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Power Paraglider pilot Mike Donate describes the equipment he carries for beach flying.
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Channel 5 does a segment on how Powered Parachutes fly. Mike Sugerman takes an introductory flight and really likes it. Finally a TV segment that is not a hatchet job and is very well done. Segment was done at Tracy, CA airport.
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Great Video: The Salton Sea Powered Paragliding Fly-In is an annual event which Happens in January. I drove to Salton City on Thursday and stayed through Sunday afternoon. I shot approximately 25 time-lapses to compile this video. I shot 14,000 images with my brand new Canon 5D. Editing this lapse of time into...
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SuperDell says….”Spectacular paramotoring flight through Moab. Powered paragliding makes your dream of flying a reality. This incredible backpack aircraft makes all your dreams come true.” To learn more about SuperDell Google his name. Whatever you think of Dell, and he has many fans and, well, non-fans, it’s great footage.
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The latest PPG videos from YouTube, featuring some nice footage of PPGs flying on a winter afternoon.   Nice shots of sunsets and PPG flock flying.
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A rather nice video montage based upon some of his best flying footage to date. What’s it like to fly a PPG? Check it out.
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Nice videos of a pretty popular and active fly-in: The Salton Sea fly-in was great! Nice weather, great people and the flying was spectacular. What more could you ask for.
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Good video below. “The title says it all, this is who we are! Thanks to John, Jerry, Kevin, Robert, Mathew, myself and special guest Greg for coming out. Great sunset with Pikes Peak in the background.”   Club Website
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Iran successfully launched a rocket yesterday carrying a mouse, turtle and worms into space for research purposes, the country’s defense minister said. The launch of the Kavoshgar-3, which means Explorer-3 in Farsi, is part an ambitious Iranian space program that has worried Western powers who fear the same technology used to launch satellites and research...
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Jesus “Balloon is over 11 stories tall Balloon is a hot air balloon American flag is hanging below gondola Balloon was launched from Tracy, CA airport Balloon is piloted by Bob Schiable Powered Parachute piloted by Tom Reed”
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This powered parachute was made by the same pilot who crashes in the stalls and falls video. This powered parachute was sold to a new customer who is being trained in it. The customer was not hurt, but did sustain some bad scratches. The PPC was rebuilt and the customer went on to become...
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This is the entire video of powered parachute stalls and falls. Its just a couple more minutes; sorry I should have uploaded the whole thing the first time. This gives you a better idea from cameraman and spectators that they really believe the parachute is rigged wrong with to high angle of attack. It...
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“I apologize for the quality of the video, but it was from an old 1997 VHS tape The builder of this homemade powered parachute would fly in any weather. If it was too windy for most PPC pilots he would place sandbags around edge of parachute normally they would fall off as parachute inflated however in this...
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For four days now, a paragliding enthusiast from Austria has been kept grounded and confined to the pilgrim town of Dwarka, where he had to make a forced landing after gliding his way through the coastal belt of Goa, Mumbai, Daman and Gujarat. Peter Nazbet (37) apparently had no valid license. He said on Friday:...
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Updated:  SUBLETTE, Kan. (AP) — A passenger in a paraplane collision a month ago in Haskell County has died. The Haskell County Funeral Home says 29-year-old Herman Banman died Sunday of injuries he suffered in a Jan. 17 collision with another paraplane 14 miles north of Sublette. Read More Updated: Wilhelm Enns and John Dyck were flying their...
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Sure, suicide bombers deftly gliding into a crowded city sounds terrifying, but in reality such an attack would be incredibly difficult to pull off. First of all, paragliders must take off from a high point, meaning that an attack would either have to be launched from close hills or buildings (with a strategic location...
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The PPG guys know how to have fun. PPG cross country skiing…PPG friends flying together… PPGs in the snow… PPG camera test to nice effect… and PPG scenic shots.
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Three different views on flying near power lines. (Flying over and between hills, under wires and Coyote running.   This is what powered parachutes are good for… low and slow.    I dont think I will ever fly under the wires again.  You  never know what could happen. NTSB Identification: WPR09LA426 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation Accident occurred Saturday,...
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Some of the lads out having some fun with their backpack mounted PPG.   Some beer.  Some flying.  A smoke or two.  And a landing in the drink.
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Buckeye re-emerges. As their website says, “The new 2010 Buckeye Dragonfly comes in two unique configurations with some exciting new features. This FAR Part 103 machine uses the Guardian 4 cycle engine by Generac that sips fuel at the rate of less than 1.5 gallons per hour.” New Video Thanks to Dan for link.
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Most of this PPC was made from conduit. The comments from cameraman, and witness are funny, and not very encouraging. Pilot was uninjured and still continues to build homemade PPC mostly out of conduit. I must admit my first PPC flight was with this pilot in his homemade PPC (not knowing it was homemade). However...
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Botched take off, cells collapsed one side, U turns, chute in propeller. This man was the most stubborn man I have ever met. His instructor had just soloed him and wanted him to take a second flight. He had made a U turn before with chute up Instructor was mad about that. But watch...
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Powered Parachute Piloted by Ken Pollock, a Quadriplegic. Ken soloed in his modified PPC with air compressor controls. Ken is a West Point graduate and now a powered parachute pilot! He has had many successful flights after this video. All flights are Out of Tracy, Ca Airport. Your email: 
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Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba has acquired over 50 para-gliding equipment from Europe, which could be used to launch a suicide attack from a hillock, moving vehicles or high-speed boats. This intelligence input has set off alarm bells ringing in the security apparatus in the country as this innocuous sporting gear could become a lethal weapon...
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Greg, Paul and I took a 22 mile cross country trip to visit yet another Titan silo site. This is complex 2-A and one of the cleanest sites yet. We had a great time and I was able to buzz a couple of friends along the way back at the end of the video. A...
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