Had a nice day out in the sun watching this :
http://www.telegraph...-parachute.html
He went a little wobbly at one stage but a lovely flare just before landing.
The buddy video should be up soon(ish).
Who needs a parachute?
Started by
Othran
, May 23 2012 04:31 PM
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#1
Othran
Posted 23 May 2012 - 04:31 PM
Today's word is :
MORAL, adj. Conforming to a local and mutable standard of right. Having the quality of general expediency.
MORAL, adj. Conforming to a local and mutable standard of right. Having the quality of general expediency.
#3
Othran
Posted 24 May 2012 - 01:26 PM
He has lots of experience with base jumping and wingsuits so its not as dangerous as you'd think. The last base jump I did was nearly 16 years ago and wingsuit technology was in the early days - home-made mainly and fairly unpredictable due to the loonies making the stuff.
These days you can go from 120mph to 20mph in a couple of seconds - and it doesn't dislocate your shoulders as the "wing" inflates. Its apparently a lot of fun but you're not going to get many out the door in one run with those 
What he's wearing in that video is pretty incredible - you can see that as he flares just before "landing" - but you can base jump off stuff now that would have been impossible for most of the year a couple of decades ago. Now you can base jump in a lot of cases without the wind being perfect.
Oh and he did actually have a reserve but that was only in case of early wingsuit failure.
Adrenaline junkies eh? What next, as if I couldn't guess 
What he's wearing in that video is pretty incredible - you can see that as he flares just before "landing" - but you can base jump off stuff now that would have been impossible for most of the year a couple of decades ago. Now you can base jump in a lot of cases without the wind being perfect.
Oh and he did actually have a reserve but that was only in case of early wingsuit failure.
Adrenaline junkies eh? What next, as if I couldn't guess
Today's word is :
MORAL, adj. Conforming to a local and mutable standard of right. Having the quality of general expediency.
MORAL, adj. Conforming to a local and mutable standard of right. Having the quality of general expediency.
#4
John McGuirk
Posted 24 May 2012 - 03:18 PM
Adrenaline junkies eh? What next, as if I couldn't guess
Wingsuit carrier landing.
At night.
#5
Jysella
Posted 24 May 2012 - 06:07 PM
1) combat blackout or normal lights?
Adrenaline junkies eh? What next, as if I couldn't guess
Wingsuit carrier landing.
At night.
2) wires or does he get to keep using the field of boxes?
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#6
John McGuirk
Posted 24 May 2012 - 06:50 PM
Full black, and the ONLY acceptable result is a three-wire. The 1, 2, and 4 wires are replaced with razor wire.
#7
Jysella
Posted 25 May 2012 - 12:12 AM
Remind me to not piss you off....
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#8
Granger
Posted 25 May 2012 - 12:46 AM
And if he doesn't pass Mach 2.35 on the way down thus outrunning an F-14 at full pelt then he should just go home.Full black, and the ONLY acceptable result is a three-wire. The 1, 2, and 4 wires are replaced with razor wire.
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