The Walk Along Glider
This Walkalong glider is controlled by the air your body moves, but at first it looks just like magic! It was invented by Tyler MacCready, who was 10 years old at the time.
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14 comments to "The Walk Along Glider"
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Patrick
February 5th, 2008 at
7:58 pm
Where do I get one???????????
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Adam Fuhrer
February 5th, 2008 at
8:10 pm
Unlivable. Really!
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Samantha
February 5th, 2008 at
8:11 pm
You know, I haven’t seen him since his days on M.A.S.H., exciting to see he is still in good health.
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Zicsoft
February 5th, 2008 at
8:50 pm
The commercial version is currently sold by a Hong Kong company:
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VonSkippy
February 5th, 2008 at
8:56 pm
Wasn’t that a clip from one of Alda’s “Scientific American Frontiers” from the mid-90’s?
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Ali S.
February 5th, 2008 at
10:03 pm
It’s slowly gliding away…after it!
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Aar000n
February 6th, 2008 at
7:54 am
I’ve seen this before, and it sounds like fun to do. But there’s only one beginner design on the internet (that I can find at least), so you can only do so much…
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Mlevad
February 6th, 2008 at
9:31 am
I have 4 or 5 of these things. When I purchased them it was for a museum program I was doing. The company quit making them and I bought all they had left in stock. So if anyone would one of these I am selling. If there is interest I will post them on Craig’s list. Tyler whom I have met is a super smart very nice guy.
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Rohin
February 6th, 2008 at
10:13 am
Is it AIR as they mention, or THERMALS? Sure you can divert air upwards with a flat hand as Alda starts out doing, but if you’re standing under it and controlling it with a bald pate, surely it’s the thermals coming off your dome. In which case, the less hair the better!
Also, shame that the end shot with the wistful music and soppy closing is a plane slowly crashing.
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Angstrom
February 6th, 2008 at
12:12 pm
anytime I see Alda now I can’t shake the weird version of him that recurs in the Peter Serafinowicz show
there’s a bit of him in this clip I think:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Pi1idnakw -
xsurferdude
February 6th, 2008 at
4:18 pm
These are very light model gliders, lighter than standard paper airplanes (but there is a paper design called a tumblewing). The gliders can be flown indoors and need still air to work well.
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amberae
February 6th, 2008 at
11:33 pm
that could get a lot of kids to go outside. i know my fat butt would be out there for hours of simple entertainment.
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Larfin Jackarse
February 7th, 2008 at
4:19 am
Thumbs up to amberae 12
That was the first thing I thought, I wanna buy 20 for all the nieces and nephews (and me :), friends kids, etc.
What a grouse toy!
Where can I buy one in Melb, Oz, hmmmm.
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Christophe
February 7th, 2008 at
11:53 pm
Go, go little wing!
Oops, I stepped into something…
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