MACH 2: THE PROSTHETICS OF ANIMAL AND MACHINE

Mach 2 instigates the erasure of boundaries, even in no-fly zones, due to its compact singular-size. The wearer of a Mach 2 controls his or her relational and gravitational destiny. It is a full body extension: communicating, collecting and cleaning water, growing food, lighting the way, protecting, enclosing, and keeping the user safe from externalities. With wheels for legs, wings for arms, a figurehead and braided language translator, it still continues to fly faster than sound speed while motion sensors deter air-accidents.

After a harsh landing, this particular Mach 2 was abandoned in a field in upstate New York, coordinates: 42.30 latitude, 73.65 longitude. The Remnants of Travel (ROT) examined by color change on the outer shell and structure can date this early Mach 2 at 2012. With its reverse-air bag effect, the ejection of the translator reveals its mechanical entrails. Due to the Do It Yourself nature of the Mach 2, it is not uncommon to find Mach 2’s disposed of in this manner or parked for the next user.

A brief history: For years, patents for Mach 2 were pursued but then suffocated by the oligopolistic reaction of the travel industry. The danger in Mach 2's ranged from their DIY nature (they can be homemade from common materials and custom fit to the user) to their renewable source of energy (they are charged with Hydrogen Peroxide). Run through the patent M2 filter, the most polluted of waters would sufficiently complete a Mach 2 engine. Upon closure of the digital divide, D.I.Y. Internet sites circulated the plans globally until the machines were commonplace. Soon after the common man finally demanded personal flights, the airline industry began to embrace different forms of the Mach 2. Flying a person out to a private destination had become the norm. Airline industries regulated a brand of Mach 2’s that exist alongside the unregulated called "N-wave": the car for the modern man, the extended environment, the bubble, the appendage, the prosthetic.

Mach 2 in process: Second trip to Art Omi May 29-30, 2007

Mach 2 in process: First trip to Art Omi May 26, 2007

Building Mach 2 at 302 Eastern Parkway

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An F/A-18 Hornet at transonic speed and displaying the Prandtl-Glauert singularity just before breaking the sound barrier.

Mach number is the number of times the speed of sound an object or a duct, or the fluid medium itself, move relative to each other. It is named after Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach.

True airspeed (TAS) is the speed of an aircraft relative to the airmass in which it flies, i.e. the magnitude of the vector difference of the velocity of the aircraft and the velocity of the air. Under zero wind conditions and in horizontal flight, this is equal to the speed over the ground. Under wind conditions an estimation of the wind is used to make a windspeed vector calculation that computes an estimated ground speed from the true air speed and a wind correction angle to maintain the desired ground track.
Aircraft display an indicated airspeed on an instrument called an airspeed indicator. Indicated airspeed will differ from true airspeed at air densities other than some reference density. Air density is affected by temperature, moisture content, and altitude. Indicated airspeed is used in aircraft operation as the aircraft stalling speed and structural limiting speeds are dependent on indicated airspeed, irrespective of true airspeed. However, proper navigation via dead reckoning (without constant ground reference) requires the use of true airspeed and wind corrections.
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