'Batman' appears in Germany

Let's see . A hard coat, about 1.8 meters across appears on a moonless night. Cloak? No, it's a delta flight, just like a fighter plane. Made of light and sturdy material (carbon fiber), this wing will create a revolution in parachuting, allowing people to travel very far.

The paratroopers have heard about inventing the flying wing of Alban Geissler. It used to be used by Austrian king Felix Baumgatner to jump from the tallest buildings in the world like the Petronas tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In 2003, Felix used this flying suit to . cross the Manche Sea! Released from the plane above the Douvres sky in England, he sprinted in the wind of a 35km long road to finally land on Blanc-Nez in Calais in France. Flight time is 14 minutes!

This achievement made the German army wake up. Alban Geissler is currently cooperating with two ESG and Drager companies to deploy his invention. The first tests were carried out by the Bundeswehr (German army) in March 2007. Gryphon, the name of the flying wing, will be deployed in the German army later this year.

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This wing consists of an oxygen mask, an anti-cold suit, a control system and a large bag, which can hold 100kg of items. It is called Special High Altitude Parachute System (SHAPS) - a system that is particularly high. It used to be used by the army to jump from a height of over 10km, where oxygen is rare and extremely cold. Why must you jump from that height? Because there will be time to fly very far, even when it has not been parachuted. That way a paratrooper can fly away from the parachute to 40km.

When carrying Gryphon on the back, paratroopers can fly in the air at a speed of 200 km / h and only until it is still 1,500 m away from the ground. Result: after 15 minutes he can cross the 40km long road! Gryphon has controls to adjust the direction of up-down, horizontal-vertical flight.

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Armed with Gryphon, these " bats " can break into enemy territory because of their composite wings so they don't show up on the opponent's radar screen. The plane used to drop them was not in danger because of anti-aircraft bullets, since there was no need to invade enemy airspace.

Alban Geissler also thought about adding jet engines to the wings, only consuming a few liters of gasoline!

The engineers estimated that Gryphon mounted jet engines could fly as far as 200km.

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