Flying high on The Gadget Show...

23rd August 2009 was a hude day for us at the University of Southampton. We were tasked a month earlier with designing and building a glider for the International Birdman Competition at Worthing. This crazy event asks grown men and women to jump from a 10m high pier to see how far they can fly - unassisted!!! To see how we did, watch The Gadget Show on Bank Holiday Monday 31st August 2009 on Five. You can get a sneak preview in this interview with presenters Jason and Ortis. You can read a bit more about it in our 'official' press release @ http://www.soton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/2009/aug/09_122.shtml We're going to try again next year with a group of students. It's just one example of what our Aeronautics & Astronautics students get up to :)