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Philadelphia University Highlights 2012-2013

Cheating Gravity Daring Students Take to the Skies in Homemade Flying Machine at Red Bull Flugtag A team from PhilaU attempted to cheat gravity in a homemade flying machine at RedBull Flugtag. The Flugtag challenges teams to build homemade, human-powered flying machines and pilot them off the end of a 30-foot deck into the waters of the Delaware River. PhilaU pilot Christian Loos and flight crew members Adam Letherby, Marty Perkins, Lucas Ciccarelli and Mike Leonard drew the applause of thousands as their giant, Flying Ram, inspired by PhilaU’s mascot, hurtled into the water below. 60 • Entrepreneurial DNA


Philadelphia University Highlights 2012-2013
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