Impossible.Engineering.S05E05.The.Real.Iron.Man.Suit.720p.WEBRip.x264-CAFFEiNE[eztv] Subtitles

00:00:01,635 --> 00:00:04,Narrator: THIS TIME ON
"IMPOSSIBLE ENGINEERING,"

00:00:04,572 --> 00:00:06,A REAL-LIFE BIRDMAN...

00:00:08,709 --> 00:00:10,THE POWER INVOLVED WITH THE SUIT
IS ENOUGH TO TAKE

00:00:10,745 --> 00:00:12,THAT MASS SUPERSONIC.

00:00:12,713 --> 00:00:16,Narrator: ...THE WORLD'S FASTEST
BODY-CONTROLLED JET SUIT...

00:00:16,450 --> 00:00:20,THIS IS ULTIMATE INTEGRATION
OF MAN, MIND, AND MACHINE.

00:00:20,121 --> 00:00:23,Narrator: ...AND THE PIONEERING
HISTORIC INNOVATIONS...

00:00:23,257 --> 00:00:24,Man: I TOLD THE PEOPLE
ON THE GROUND

00:00:24,692 --> 00:00:27,THAT I COULD THREAD A NEEDLE
WITH THIS THING.

00:00:27,928 --> 00:00:29,Schwiegerhausen:
YES! WHOO-HOO!

00:00:29,830 --> 00:00:32,THE HOLY GRAIL
OF AVIATION HISTORY.

00:00:32,967 --> 00:00:35,IT'S A MIRACLE, ISN'T IT?

00:00:35,069 --> 00:00:39,Narrator: ...THAT MADE
THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE.

00:00:39,707 --> 00:00:42,-- Captions by VITAC --
www.vitac.com

00:00:42,710 --> 00:00:45,CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

00:00:45,713 --> 00:00:49,♪♪

00:00:49,216 --> 00:00:51,Narrator:
HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND --

00:00:51,652 --> 00:00:55,THE BIRTHPLACE OF FLIGHT
IN THE U.K.

00:00:55,856 --> 00:00:58,HOME TO ONE OF THE GREATEST
AERONAUTICAL EVENTS

00:00:58,359 --> 00:01:00,ON THE PLANET --

00:01:00,127 --> 00:01:02,FARNBOROUGH
INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW...

00:01:05,666 --> 00:01:07,...WHERE THE BIGGEST
AEROSPACE PLAYERS

00:01:07,635 --> 00:01:10,UNVEIL THE WORLD'S
MOST CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES.

00:01:13,574 --> 00:01:16,-Man: THIS IS GATE B.
-Man: CAN WE BE A BIT GENTLE?

00:01:16,177 --> 00:01:18,I DON'T WANT THE ENGINES
TO FALL OUT.

00:01:18,446 --> 00:01:21,WELL, YOU KNOW,
I'M NOT USED TO DRIVING THIS.

00:01:21,182 --> 00:01:24,Narrator: BUT THIS YEAR,
AN AMBITIOUS TEAM OF ENGINEERS

00:01:24,251 --> 00:01:26,ARE SHOWCASING
SOMETHING SO UNIQUE

00:01:26,954 --> 00:01:29,IT COULD STEAL THE SHOW...

00:01:29,323 --> 00:01:31,AND WE'RE HEADING
ONTO THE RUNWAY.

00:01:31,592 --> 00:01:36,Narrator: ...CAPABLE OF MAKING
AN IMPOSSIBLE DREAM A REALITY...

00:01:36,363 --> 00:01:38,MANKIND HAS ALWAYS HAD
THIS PASSION FOR FLIGHT,

00:01:38,499 --> 00:01:40,ALWAYS LOOKED UP AT THE SKY
AND THOUGHT,

00:01:40,067 --> 00:01:42,"GOSH, I WISH I COULD DO,
FRANKLY, WHAT THE BIRDS DO."

00:01:44,605 --> 00:01:48,Narrator: ...AN INNOVATION
THAT WILL ALLOW MAN TO FLY FREE.

00:01:48,709 --> 00:01:50,Browning: WE'VE HAD A GREAT
HISTORY OF PUTTING HUMAN BEINGS

00:01:50,511 --> 00:01:53,INSIDE FLIGHT VEHICLES --
HELICOPTERS AND AIRPLANES.

00:01:53,514 --> 00:01:55,I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING
DEEPLY INSPIRING

00:01:55,182 --> 00:01:59,ABOUT THE PROCESS OF SLIMMING
THAT DOWN TO THAT RAW,

00:01:59,453 --> 00:02:01,KIND OF IMPOSSIBLE POINT
WHERE YOU,

00:02:01,288 --> 00:02:02,AS AN UNENCUMBERED HUMAN BEING,

00:02:02,756 --> 00:02:05,COULD JUST FLOAT AROUND AND MOVE
ABOUT WHEREVER YOU LIKE.

00:02:05,759 --> 00:02:08,Narrator:
THE AWE-INSPIRING SOLUTION?

00:02:08,062 --> 00:02:11,♪♪

00:02:11,499 --> 00:02:13,THE PERSONAL JET SUIT.

00:02:13,534 --> 00:02:18,♪♪

00:02:18,038 --> 00:02:20,Browning: THE SUIT CONSISTS
OF FIVE GAS TURBINES.

00:02:20,207 --> 00:02:23,IT'S THE SAME JET ENGINES
THAT YOU SEE ON A JET AIRCRAFT.

00:02:23,377 --> 00:02:26,TOGETHER, THEY PRODUCE ENOUGH
THRUST THAT YOU COULD EQUATE IT

00:02:26,247 --> 00:02:28,TO AROUND 1,050 HORSEPOWER,

00:02:28,482 --> 00:02:31,ABOUT 1.3 TIMES
A FORMULA ONE CAR.

00:02:33,821 --> 00:02:35,IN TERMS OF STRAIGHT-LINE SPEED,
WE SET THE RECORD

00:02:35,956 --> 00:02:37,AT ABOUT 32 MILES AN HOUR.

00:02:37,258 --> 00:02:38,IT'S A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD.

00:02:41,162 --> 00:02:42,Narrator:
THIS INFEASIBLE ENGINEERING

00:02:42,763 --> 00:02:44,IS THE EXTRAORDINARY VISION

00:02:44,265 --> 00:02:49,OF INVENTOR AND TEST PILOT
RICHARD BROWNING...

00:02:49,170 --> 00:02:50,Browning:
WE HAVE OPENED THE DOORWAY

00:02:50,371 --> 00:02:52,ONTO A WHOLE NEW REALM
OF HUMAN MOBILITY

00:02:52,606 --> 00:02:55,THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY
JUST THE DOMAIN OF SUPERHEROES

00:02:55,442 --> 00:02:57,IN THE SCIENCE FICTION WORLD.

00:02:57,311 --> 00:02:59,Narrator: ...TRAILBLAZING DESIGN
ALSO SHAPED

00:02:59,413 --> 00:03:03,BY AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER
ANGELO GRUBISIC.

00:03:03,884 --> 00:03:05,WITH THIS SIMPLE,
SMALL AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT,

00:03:05,953 --> 00:03:07,YOU CAN ESSENTIALLY GAIN

00:03:07,421 --> 00:03:09,THAT FULL THREE-DIMENSIONAL
CONTROL OF HUMAN FLIGHT

00:03:09,924 --> 00:03:12,THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AIMING FOR
FOR THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS,

00:03:12,126 --> 00:03:14,AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT'S VERY SPECIAL.

00:03:14,328 --> 00:03:21,♪♪

00:03:21,101 --> 00:03:23,Narrator:
WEIGHING JUST 100 POUNDS,

00:03:23,137 --> 00:03:25,THE JET SUIT IS MADE
FROM ALUMINUM ALLOY,

00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,NYLON POLYMER, AND STEEL.

00:03:29,977 --> 00:03:33,TWIN TANKS HOLDING OVER
10 GALLONS OF JET FUEL

00:03:33,147 --> 00:03:37,FEED FOUR MICRO-JET ENGINES
MOUNTED ON THE ARMS

00:03:37,952 --> 00:03:40,AND ONE ON THE BACK,

00:03:40,721 --> 00:03:44,ALL CONTROLLED BY
A FINGERTIP THROTTLE TRIGGER

00:03:44,625 --> 00:03:47,AND PACKED INTO
JUST TWO FLIGHT CASES --

00:03:47,962 --> 00:03:52,MINIMAL EQUIPMENT TO TURN MAN
INTO A FLYING MACHINE.

00:03:52,166 --> 00:03:57,♪♪

00:03:57,671 --> 00:04:01,RICHARD AND THE TEAM ARE
USING REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY,

00:04:01,342 --> 00:04:04,BUT NOW THEIR JET SUIT
IS ABOUT TO BE PUT TO THE TEST

00:04:04,044 --> 00:04:05,IN FRONT OF THE MOVERS
AND SHAKERS

00:04:05,679 --> 00:04:08,OF THE AERONAUTICAL WORLD...

00:04:08,515 --> 00:04:10,CAN YOU CHECK I'M NOT TWISTED?
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]

00:04:10,150 --> 00:04:15,...IN A SHOW WHERE $170 BILLION
OF DEALS ARE STRUCK EACH YEAR.

00:04:15,222 --> 00:04:18,BUT WITH HUMAN FLIGHT,
NOTHING IS GUARANTEED.

00:04:18,626 --> 00:04:21,I'LL KICK THE BACK
WHEN I'M ABOUT TO TAKE OFF.

00:04:24,031 --> 00:04:25,Narrator: WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING
THE IMPOSSIBLE,

00:04:25,766 --> 00:04:27,THE CHALLENGES ARE HUGE.

00:04:27,868 --> 00:04:29,Browning: OKAY, I'M GOOD.

00:04:29,470 --> 00:04:32,Narrator: SO, HOW DO YOU LAUNCH
A MAN INTO THE SKIES?

00:04:32,906 --> 00:04:36,YOU REQUIRE A LOT OF POWER
TO PRODUCE ENOUGH THRUST

00:04:36,110 --> 00:04:37,TO GET YOURSELF OFF THE GROUND.

00:04:37,645 --> 00:04:40,Narrator: AND ONCE AIRBORNE,
HOW CAN YOU MANEUVER SAFELY?

00:04:40,981 --> 00:04:42,Browning: WE HONESTLY DIDN'T
HAVE AN IDEA

00:04:42,316 --> 00:04:43,OF HOW WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS,

00:04:43,784 --> 00:04:47,AND IT WAS A POTENTIAL REASON
WHY THIS MIGHT BE INFEASIBLE.

00:04:47,087 --> 00:04:48,Narrator: TODAY'S FLIGHT
IS THE CULMINATION

00:04:48,889 --> 00:04:51,OF 15 MONTHS OF DEVELOPMENT.

00:04:51,792 --> 00:04:55,BUT TO ACHIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLE
AND FLY LIKE A BIRD,

00:04:55,429 --> 00:04:58,THE TEAM HAS HAD TO TURN
TO THE PIONEERS OF THE PAST.

00:04:58,766 --> 00:05:04,♪♪

00:05:04,071 --> 00:05:09,♪♪

00:05:09,376 --> 00:05:11,FOR CENTURIES,
ECCENTRIC AVIATORS HAVE DREAMED

00:05:11,979 --> 00:05:14,OF TAKING TO THE SKIES,

00:05:14,782 --> 00:05:18,BUILDING HAIR-RAISING
CONTRAPTIONS.

00:05:18,285 --> 00:05:22,IN THE 1950s, THERE WAS
A NEW WAVE OF CONSTRUCTION.

00:05:22,856 --> 00:05:24,INSPIRED BY SCIENCE FICTION,

00:05:24,925 --> 00:05:27,THE GOAL WAS TO REDUCE
THE NECESSARY GEAR

00:05:27,528 --> 00:05:29,AND FLY LIKE A SUPERHERO.

00:05:29,697 --> 00:05:33,♪♪

00:05:33,767 --> 00:05:35,BUT BEFORE ALL OF THIS,

00:05:35,235 --> 00:05:37,THE FIRST
SUCCESSFUL PERSONAL FLIGHT

00:05:37,171 --> 00:05:40,TOOK ITS INSPIRATION
FROM NATURE.

00:05:40,140 --> 00:05:44,943...