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25-10-2006
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| Prince of Birthdays  Join Date: 28-09-2005 Location: Sweden
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My System: Dream7020 and lots of junk all over the place | GLASS BRIDGE: The Glass Bridge construction of the Skywalk began March of 2004 and is estimated to be completed by the end of the year. Glass Bridge will be suspended 4,000 feet above the Colorado River on the very edge of the Grand Canyon. On May 2005, the final test was conducted and the structure passed engineering requirements by 400 percent, enabling it to withstand the weight of 71 fully loaded Boeing 747 airplanes (more that 71 million pounds). The bridge will be able to sustain winds in excess of 100 miles per hour from 8 different directions, as well as an 8.0 magnitude earthquake within 50 miles. More than one million pounds of steel will go into the construction of the Grand Canyon Skywalk. | ||
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25-10-2006
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| Mod and septic resident  Join Date: 01-01-2000 Location: London SW
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| but it doesnt go anywhere. Surely they could have built a bridge (unless Norman Foster had been brought on board as consultant)
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| Believe it when I see it Admin.  Join Date: 01-05-1999 Location: Southern England
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Blog Entries: 3 My System: Sky+, DB 7000s, Gemini 4.3 in flash, Var on USB stick. Transparent 80cm Dish, Moteck SG2100 DiseqC motor, lots of legacy gear. Meters: Satlook Digital NIT, Unaohm EP313, Swires Annie 204 Spectrum, Rover ST-4 Spectrum. | Wow, that is the biz, must get over there, must be a weird feeling walking out on it. 
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| can't spell :D  Join Date: 26-10-2004 Location: Colchester, Essex
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My System: Sky+ Pace v3, and before that analouge 80cm dish with Prima by Pace box pointed at 19.2e (not very imaginative then!) | I think I'll still pass
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25-10-2006
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| Oldgeezer  Join Date: 04-09-2004 Location: West Mids, UK
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My System: Topfield 5800 Echostar3000,DB7000, Relook 400S, Humax HDC2000, 55cm Fibo Gregorian dish with waveguide and Motek 2100 mod, 90cm Fibo Gregorian dish, 120cm Fibo Gregorian dish on a 1224 motor with waveguide | I bet the bungy jumpers are queuing up
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