pIn a plot that’s crazy (and evil genius) enough to be from James Bond, three people have been arrested after police discovered their plan to free a drug trafficker from an island prison using a 13-foot airship carrying night goggles, climbing gear and camouflage paint./p pIt’s believed that the inmate (of the Salto del Negro prison on the Canary Island of Las Palmas) was to scale the prison wall and speed off in a waiting car./p pThe arrested men had setup an elaborate surveillance operation of the prison that involved a camouflaged tent, powerful binoculars, telephoto lenses, and motion detection sensors. But authorities caught wind of the plan when they intercepted the inflatable zeppelin as it arrived from the Italian town of Bergamo./p pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/Zeppelin.png” width=”500″ height=”313″ style=”display:block;” /iframe width=”300″ height=”300″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no” marginheight=”0″ marginwidth=”0″ src=”http://maps.google.com/maps?f=qamp;source=s_qamp;hl=enamp;geocode=amp;q=Salto+del+negro+Prison%E2%80%8Eamp;sll=28.099847,-15.504456amp;sspn=0.826182,1.516113amp;ie=UTF8amp;ll=39.095963,0.703125amp;spn=40.598153,52.734375amp;z=3amp;output=embed”/iframebr smalla href=”http://maps.google.com/maps?f=qamp;source=embedamp;hl=enamp;geocode=amp;q=Salto+del+negro+Prison%E2%80%8Eamp;sll=28.099847,-15.504456amp;sspn=0.826182,1.516113amp;ie=UTF8amp;ll=39.095963,0.703125amp;spn=40.598153,52.734375amp;z=3″ style=”color:#0000FF;text-align:left”View Larger Map/a/small/p pHoly crap, I almost wish they got away with [...]
Original post by Stephen Climpson
pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/philippe-kahn-pegasus-racing-transpac-2009-005_01.jpg” width=”640″ height=”480″ style=”display:block;float:none;” /On-board all of our equipment is state of the art. We’ll use our a href=”http://gizmodo.com/5201167/snowmodo-reader-meetup-report”GPS app/a to pin-point our position from the Start to the finish at Diamond Head./p pstrongJuly 4th, 2009/strongbr Yet one of the most important pieces of equipment on-board is my trusted 1979 Tamaya Sextant. For tradition’s sake (a good thing), the Transpac race organizers wants each boat to submit four completely reduced sight at the finish line. In other words, at least 4 times during the race you have determine your position on the ocean solely by reference to the Stars, Planets, Moon and Sun. An endangered art. A beautiful skill to have. However one that takes time a lot of practice to learn. Because there are only two of us on board, that’s my job./p pa href=”http://www.sail-world.com/USA/index.cfm?SEID=2Nid=46701SRCID=0ntid=0tickeruid=0tickerCID=0″Mark Rudiger/a taught me the basics of celestial navigation during the many passages that [...]
Original post by Brian Lam
pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/philippe-kahn-pegasus-racing-transpac-2009-005_01.jpg” width=”640″ height=”480″ style=”display:block;float:none;” /On-board all of our equipment is state of the art. We’ll use our a href=”http://gizmodo.com/5201167/snowmodo-reader-meetup-report”GPS app/a will pin-point our position accurately and reliably from the Start to the finish at Diamond Head./p pstrongJuly 4th, 2009/strongbr Yet one of the most important pieces of equipment on-board is my trusted 1979 Tamaya Sextant. For tradition’s sake (a good thing), the Transpac race organizers wants each boat to submit four completely reduced sight at the finish line. In other words, at least 4 times during the race you have determine your position on the ocean solely by reference to the Stars, Planets, Moon and Sun. An endangered art. A beautiful skill to have. However one that takes time a lot of practice to learn. Because there are only two of us on board, that’s my job./p pa href=”http://www.sail-world.com/USA/index.cfm?SEID=2Nid=46701SRCID=0ntid=0tickeruid=0tickerCID=0″Mark Rudiger/a taught me the basics of celestial navigation during the [...]
Original post by Brian Lam