Quote from New Scientist:
"Podkletnov met New Scientist in late 2001 to outline the experiment, in which a large yttrium-barium-copper-oxide (YBCo) superconducting disc was suspended in nitrogen vapour and cooled to around —233 °C. The disk was levitated in a magnetic field and finally spun at speeds of up to 5000 revolutions per minute by means of an alternating electric current.
He claimed that objects placed above the disc lost around one per cent of their weight. But so far no one has managed to successfully repeat his experiment. "
By jingo - I feel out of sorts with Jet lag after long flights, but I dont really fancy my dizzy carcus being hung under one of the engines after the flight to thaw out...
Or maybe they were just trying to give their share price a nudge post enron, worldcom, xerox, aoltimewarner and so on...
Laurie