Umshayeli ozibiza ngegama elithi "Umshayeli Wezimoto Odume Kakhulu Emhlabeni" uMike Hughes, 61, uthwale kanzima emizameni yakhe yokufakazela ukuthi uMhlaba uyisicaba. NgoMgqibelo, i-federal agency ivimbele ukwethulwa kwayo kwamarokhethi ngokwenza ngokubamba imvume yokusebenzisa umhlaba womphakathi.
Irokhethi elinikwe amandla ngomphunga kuhlelwe ukuthi lisuke e-Amboy, eCalifornia, idolobha eliyizipoki oGwadule iMojave ngomzila wama-66, kepha uHughes akakwazanga ukuthola imvume ku-Bureau of Land Management yokwenza lo msebenzi. UHughes uthi wanikezwa imvume yokukhuluma esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka odlule ngenkathi esalinde ukuvunyelwa kokugcina yi-Federal Aviation Authority (FAA).
“Kusenzeka namanje. Siyihambisa nje amamayela amathathu emgwaqeni, ”kusho uHughes etshela iThe Washington Post ngoLwesihlanu. “Lokhu kwenzeka noma yinini lapho kufanele ubhekane nanoma yiluphi uhlobo lwenhlangano kahulumeni. Angiboni [ukwethulwa] kwenzeka kuze kube ngoLwesibili, ngokuthembeka. Kuthatha izinsuku ezintathu ukusetha… Uyazi, akulula ngoba akufanele kube lula. ”
Okhulumela i-Bureau of Land Management (BLM) utshele iWashington Post ukuthi awekho amarekhodi asemthethweni okuxhumana phakathi kwe-ejensi ne-Hughes nokuthi akayicelanga imvume ekhethekile yokuzilibazisa edingekayo ukwenza lo kwethulwa.
"Umuntu ovela ehhovisi lethu lendawo wamthinta ngemuva kokubona ezinye zezindatshana zezindaba [mayelana nalokhu kwethulwa], ngoba lokho bekuyizindaba kubo," kusho okhulumela i-BLM uSamantha Storms, njengoba kucashunwe yiThe Washington Post.
UHughes, owayekade ethi, “Akukho mehluko phakathi kwezindaba eziqanjiwe zesayensi nezesayensi,” nokuthi “uJohn Glenn noNeil Armstrong bangamaFreemason,” ngusosayensi oyimfundamakhwela owenza irokhethi lakhe lokuqala elenziwe ngo-2014.
Ungumuntu osanda kuguqukela ku-Flat-Eartherism, okungenzeka ukuthi kukhuthazwe umkhankaso we-Kickstarter ohlulekile okwazile ukukhulisa u- $ 310 walokho obekuhlosiwe okungama- $ 150,000. Ukuguquka kwakhe kwenziwa emoyeni, ngemuva kokuthi ebize uhlelo lomsakazo oludumile emphakathini ophakathi komhlaba.
“Sibe uhlobo oluthile lokufuna abaxhasi abasha balokhu. Futhi ngiyikholwa eMhlabeni oyisicaba, ”kusho uHughes etshela umphathi wesikhungo. “Ngayicwaninga izinyanga ezimbalwa. Abakamfaki umuntu esikhaleni okwamanje, ”kusho uHughes. "Kunezinhlaka ezingama-20 ezahlukahlukene lapha eMelika, futhi ngiwumuntu wokugcina ofaka indoda kurokhethi futhi wayethula."
U-Hughes, nokho, usebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-Earth-Earth (noma ubuchwepheshe nje) bemoto yakhe.
“Ngiyazi nge-aerodynamics kanye ne-fluid dynamics nokuthi izinto zihamba kanjani emoyeni, ngobukhulu obuthile bemibhobho yamarokhethi, kanye ne-thrust. Kodwa akusiyona isayensi leyo, ifomula nje leyo. ”
U-Hughes uvikele enye indawo, ephethwe ngasese yendiza yakhe engu-500mph (804kph), indiza ebanga elide ebangeni eliwugwadule iMojave anethemba lokuthi izodonsela ukunakekela okudingeka kakhulu kule nhlangano futhi izobeka isinyathelo sokuqala ohlelweni lwayo lomhlaba oluyisicaba . Unethemba lokuthi uzoqongelela imali eyanele yokuqhuba uhambo oluya e-atmosflat ukuze ekugcineni aphikisane nozungu olukhulu lokusebenzisana, olusivikela eqinisweni: ukuthi sihlala kudiski oluyisicaba, sintanta esikhaleni, sizungezwe udonga olukhulu lweqhwa.
