For aimlesswanderer

[Pannonian]

Total coolness. "They interviewed for test pilots, women only".

test flight in Kanazawa (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Enx3gC84GM4&feature=related)
Another test flight (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiUjyIzkkv8&feature=related)

Project (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSky_Aircraft_Project)

[aimlesswanderer]

This is so cool. Pity that it wouldn't be able to get off the ground with me on board, they had better up the specs a bit so people other than kids, small women and jockeys can fly it!

I wonder how many people wanted to fly it? Knowing the Japanese they would have compared all the candidates to drawings of Nausicaa.

If they get this to work and it costs less than an arm, I am gonna get one.