February 9, 2009

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Skiing Like Flying With Bat-Like Cape (Feb, 1940)

Filed under: Personal Appearance, Sports — @ 11:09 am
Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1940
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Skiing Like Flying With Bat-Like Cape
LOOKING more like a bat than a man, this skier is demonstrating the sail-cape. It serves alternately as a sail and as a brake, and in the former capacity is said to give the user the same sensation as a flight through space. To protect the skier from windburn, a hood envelops his entire head, leaving free only the mouth and nose.

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Looks like a early version of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU4FUnFJ91o

Comment by Githyanki — February 10, 2009 @ 8:58 am

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