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  • Published 20190507
  • ISBN: 9781925773620
  • Extent: 264pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

ONE TWO THREE running, jumping hops and I launch into the sky, wings beating down hard, plastic feathers scraping car park gravel. It’s easier with a platform to leap from, but just like the brochure says, you can get Aloft Anywhere TM with the Ascenze Icarus.

I flap flap flap for altitude and speed. Twist to avoid powerlines. Weird how true the wings are. They follow my arms after just a little lag. Faithful, doing so much work, battering the air to keep me borne.

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