'저는 그들의 땅을 지키기 위하여 싸웠던 인디안들의 이야기를 기억합니다. 백인들이 그들의 신성한 숲에 도로를 만들기 위하여 나무들을 잘랐습니다. 매일밤 인디안들이 나가서 백인들이 만든 그 길을 해체하면 그 다음 날 백인들이 와서 도로를 다시 짓곤 했습니다. 한동안 그 것이 반복되었습니다. 그러던 어느날, 숲에서 가장 큰 나무가 백인들이 일할 동안 그들 머리 위로 떨어져 말과 마차들을 파괴하고 그들 중 몇몇을 죽였습니다. 그러자 백인들은 떠났고 결코 다시 오지 않았습니다….' (브루스 개그논)





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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Text Fwd: Man-Powered Plane Undergoes Successful Test

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'Daedalus - Last Dryden flight, 7 March 1988'


Korea Times
2-17-2009 21:01
Man-Powered Plane Undergoes Successful Test
By Jung Sung-ki
Staff Reporter

A domestically-built human-powered aircraft has undergone successful flight trials, the Air Force said Thursday.

The "Sky Runner," designed and developed by a team of professors and researchers from the Korea Air Force Academy, managed to fly 150 and 100 meters in its two test flights last week, Lt. Col. Choi Seong-ok, who is overseeing the development, said.

"The flying distance was short, but it can be improved through further systematic pilot training," he said.

The propeller aircraft, which weighs just 40 kilograms but has a wingspan of 30 meters, is manned by a pilot who provides thrust by pedaling during take-off and flight, Choi said.

The pilot is required to pedal to generate some 0.3 horsepower to stay in the air for up to two kilometers, he said.

Choi's team launched the $290,000 project last year to make South Korea the world's fifth country to run such a human powered aircraft (HPA).

Only four nations in the world, the United States, Britain, Japan and Germany, have succeeded in developing HPAs.

The U.S.-made HPA, Daedalus, has the world records for distance and duration for human-powered airplanes. The plane built by Massachusetts Institute of Technology flew 74 miles (119 kilometers) in 1988 from Irakilon Air Force Base on Crete, Greece, crashing into the sea just short of the island of Santorini in three hours and 54 minutes.

gallantjung@koreatimes.co.kr


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2009/12/17 10:39 KST
S. Korea develops human-powered aircraft: Air Force

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