U2 High Flight

[wombat666]

http://www.wimp.com/breathtakingfootage/

James May (Top Gear) reaches 70,000' aboard a dual seat U2.
Great footage.
Enjoy, I certainly did!

 

[Ferry_vO]

Thanks for sharing, Wombat!

 

[Drzook]

All I got to say is...WOW.
I don't know if it was the scenery coupled with the music or what but it left me a little misty eyed.
Thanks for sharing

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Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air. . . .
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew —
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.​

— John Gillespie Magee, Jr​

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[lifejogger]

That was fun to watch, wouldn't you like to be able to do that.

 

[traindriver98]

WOW!!!!!! And people wonder why I like to fly.

 

[Wittpilot]

Just as a side note for those that are not huge fans of the show... James May actually has his pilot's license...

 

[harleyman]

That was brilliant..Excellent footage...`