[FOTZeiss] Daredevils Test Tesla Coil, Supersonic Skydiving

[Glenn A. Walsh]

For three days and nights, Blaine plans to stand atop a six-meter-tall pillar while Tesla coils, controlled by spectators, zap him with electricity. Paul Hoffman, chief executive of the Liberty Science Center, where Blaine is magician-in-residence, estimates one million volts will reach Blaine at any time. 

Weather concerns have pushed back an Austrian daredevil's attempt to break the world record for highest-ever skydive, which will likely break the sound barrier, by one day, to Tuesday (Oct. 9).

http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/2012/10/daredevils-test-tesla-coil-supersonic.html

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Glenn A. Walsh, Project Director,
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