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14 years ago

I think I would. Killer Joe posted about a guy who did this,
among other things. He died last week from injuries in a
parachute accident.

When you're flying in the wingsuit you're moving 45 mph
in the vertical axis and 100 mph in the horizontal axis. But
I'm guessing there's a bit of technique to it.

All in all, it's fast. Wingsuit flight only lasts several minutes.

I want an Elvis style white wingsuit. High collar, sequins, studs
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Kirahster

14 years ago

I think that looks so scary, yet so magnificant!

I would love to try it! (but would probably chicken out..

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Michael Motley

14 years ago

I dont know if i would do the wingsuit, but have you seen pictures or vids of Rocketman from (i think) Sweden? He's not just gliding, he's really flying

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Forest_Parks 14 years ago

Ive seen people use these suits in freefalls before opening a parachute from a normal aeroplane... If you would skydive then you can try it without having to glide past a mountain like these crazy guys.

I would try it if I was comfortable with my freefalls.
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- Radix 14 years ago
  
  I would, but at 275lbs my wings would be so big I'd have to file a flight plan so then the whole becomes rather tedious.
  
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  Michael Motley 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Radix
  
  I would, but at 275lbs my wings would be so big I'd have to file a flight plan so then the whole becomes rather tedious.
  
  amen brother. i'd have to pay a stewardess to serve inflight meals.
  
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  Kay King 14 years ago
  
  Many years ago I jumped out of a perfectly good plane. Since then, I have learned to make better decisions.
  
  Gorgeous landscape in the film and the flights look graceful - but had to wonder what some of the landings might look like. The word "splat" comes to mind.
  
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HeySal

14 years ago

Um....I think I'll stick to climbing mountains. I like my feet on solid land. However - a jet pack that would help give me a booster sure would be nice when I'm almost vertical at 12,000 feet. Now that's work.

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josspam

14 years ago

I WOULD!!!!

Really... I don't care about risks about this because it looks AWESOME!!!

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TLTheLiberator

14 years ago

I have a family that needs me & I need them.

I can't take any chances on being that type of thrill-seeker.

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josspam

14 years ago

I don't

hhe...

I guess that's the only good thing about it

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John M Kane

14 years ago

Ueli Gegenschatz soars in a wingsuit | Video on TED.com
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Unfortunately Ueli has passed away Nov 11th.

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Forest_Parks 14 years ago

I know it doesn't look like it but they have a compact parachute so the landings are smooth... I think they show that at the end of the vid.
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- josspam 14 years ago
  
  yeah... I saw that too.
  
  There's a movie, I don't remember which was it, that some people jump from building... I think it was tomb raider... with Angie Jolie...
  
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GT

14 years ago

Great replies, everybody! I just love the humour expressed in some of the posts!

@KenThompson: "I want an Elvis style white wingsuit. High collar, sequins, studs and everything." ... Thanks, Ken. Hilarious! I can just imagine you...

@Kirahster: I agree with you - I'd probably chicken out, too.

@Michael Motley: Rocketman is great, too! Somewhere, I've got a link to his video, too.

@Radix: Funny guy - file a flight plan! But hey, anything is possible; maybe pump the suit up with tiny little pockets of helium or something!

@Kay King: "Splat" was the first thing that came to my mind, too! They DO use a parachute to land ... but even so, whizzing by the mountain so close ... I don't know. You'd really have to be a daredevil.

@HeySal: I like your thinking! Climbing is MUCH better than falling! lol

@josspam: Yes, "base jumping" -- Fans of the sport jump off of anything high enough to give a parachute time to open: buildings, bridges, towers, mountains, whatever.

Thanks again, everyone. The video thrills me everytime I watch it!

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- GT 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by MarkAndrews IMCopywriting
  
  I posted up about this months
  ago, brilliant isn't it?
  
  Like you said, very inspiring,
  I'd love to give it a go.
  
  Hi, Mark:
  
  Thanks for posting the video! I agree - it is awesome and inspiring. Definitely a "leap of faith" for those with the will for it!
  
  The more daring of these devels fly just inches away from the rock face. As the narrator says, if they strike any protrusion, like a rock or a twig, it could cause them some real concern. At that speed, they would break something for sure and possibly spin completely out of control.
  
  I would love to be standing on that mountain road when the jumpers buzz past!
  
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Radix 14 years ago

Originally Posted by aizen

Whoa! That's so extreme! what if they slammed in to a rock or something?

Then that movie is ruined and it's the next guy's turn.
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- Silas Hart 14 years ago
  
  It can't be easy to keep your arms extended like that while going 100mph.
  
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  GT 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by FaJeeb
  
  It can't be easy to keep your arms extended like that while going 100mph.
  
  lol - That was one of my initial thoughts, too! I suppose they are "motivated" to exert superhuman strength to do it -- or else!
  
  Of course, they are no doubt pumped up with adrenalin, too. I know I would be.
  (I wonder if they have to change their underwear when they land! I am SURE that I would have to! lol )
  
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Chrissy Allen

14 years ago

Hey,

Im so brave that people call me chunkynuts lol its nothing to do with size lol

But a bungie jump WITHOUT the bungie?????????

Erm Let me think

GO ON THEN

Question Who designed this? or should i say did he test it first?

Is he here to tell the tale lol

Chunkynuts

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josspam

14 years ago

Thanks for the response!

IT's true, it looks great and really may be one day I'll try it... but I think it isn't practice yet here in peru

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GT 14 years ago

Originally Posted by josspam

Thanks for the response!

IT's true, it looks great and really may be one day I'll try it... but I think it isn't practice yet here in peru

Ah, ha! There you go. A brand new Niche Market for Peru.

Grab your "wings," be the leader, and take the leap to introduce a whole new adventure trend in your country!

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mbenton

14 years ago

I dunno about that...this looks a lot more fun, not to mention more controllable.

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GT

14 years ago

Thanks, mbenton. Rocketman is one of my contemporary heroes!

I don't know if I could base jump from a mountain with one of those wimpy wingsuits, but I might try Rocketman's outfit - looks awesome!

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Radix

14 years ago

Just for the sake of being a purist, rocketman doesn't hold a candle to the flying squirrel people. They're moving at twice the speed without any mechanical means. Anyone can strap a rocket to their bum.

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GT

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Radix

Just for the sake of being a purist, rocketman doesn't hold a candle to the flying squirrel people. They're moving at twice the speed without any mechanical means. Anyone can strap a rocket to their bum.

LOL - Strap a rocket to their bum? I think I saw that in "Jackass II, the Movie." Yeah, THAT guy flew off the ground alright ... lol.

Okay. Back to serious business. Flying Squirrel People?

Please tell us more about these people.

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webwyn 14 years ago

Thanks GT, need a little distraction like that to remember younger carefree days.

The most amazing thing I think is how close they get to the cliffs. The judgment of their descent rates and wind, as well as depth perception must be incredible.
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Michael Motley

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Radix

Just for the sake of being a purist, rocketman doesn't hold a candle to the flying squirrel people. They're moving at twice the speed without any mechanical means. Anyone can strap a rocket to their bum.

rocketman is actually flying. the flying squirrel people are gliding.

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GT 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Michael Motley

rocketman is actually flying. the flying squirrel people are gliding.

Yes, so true. Rocketman is awesome! He is perfecting something that others will be able to take advantage of, or benefit from in some way, some day.

Unfortunately, he had to bail out of a flight early a couple of days ago. Apparently turbulence or something rendered his rocket equipment uncontrollable and he had to deploy his parachute.

He'll be back!

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Fernando Veloso

14 years ago

No way José!!!

Love my life more than any flight

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jessiej

14 years ago

people can fly!?I wouldn't try that I'm not stupid and how can i land!?that's what i don't know

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JasonP

14 years ago

I can barely even fly in an airplane. Don't think I'd trust myself to whip around a mountain like that.

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Jim Gillum

14 years ago

Don't like high places...
But spent many hours in a chopper, as a passenger/ observer, and loved every minute.

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GT 14 years ago

Hello, everybody:

@webwyn and @JasonP, I agree about dropping so close to the mountain! It's one thing to simply free fall through the air, but doing it just feet (perhaps inches) from the mountain face? Crazy! Imagine if somebody on the mountain kicked a few stones free and they bounced into the trajectory of the jumper? The jumper would hit those stones at 100 mph and the stones would probably pass right through the jumper like bullets!

@Jim Gillum, yes, a chopper is much more user friendly! You have time to actually enjoy the scenery. I've only had the opportunity to fly in a helicopter on one occasion a few years ago when I was a newspaper reporter and like you, I loved every moment of it -- didn't want that experience to end.

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14 years ago

People can fly?!nope i watched your video..I wouldn't do that it'll crash my head.lol

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14 years ago

If there were any guarantee that I wouldn't crash, I would do it. But.....

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GT

14 years ago

Hello, all:

Well! Base jumping off a mountain is one thing, but how about "space
jumping?" Is it possible?

Just watched the absolutely awesome Star Trek (2009) movie on DVD
several days ago (saw it in the theatre in September), and was reminded
of the scene where the young James T. Kirk and the young Hikaru Sulu do
a "space jump" from a descending landing craft so they can try to land on
a drilling platform above Vulcan to try to knock the drill out.

Looks pretty exciting in the movie, but I just don't know that it could
work from such a high altitude. I would expect that friction might set the
"space jumpers" on fire!

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Forest_Parks

14 years ago

Originally Posted by GT

Hello, all:

Well! Base jumping off a mountain is one thing, but how about "space
jumping?" Is it possible?

Just watched the absolutely awesome Star Trek (2009) movie on DVD
several days ago (saw it in the theatre in September), and was reminded
of the scene where the young James T. Kirk and the young Hikaru Sulu do
a "space jump" from a descending landing craft so they can try to land on
a drilling platform above Vulcan to try to knock the drill out.

Looks pretty exciting in the movie, but I just don't know that it could
work from such a high altitude. I would expect that friction might set the
"space jumpers" on fire!

GT

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GT 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Forest_Parks

It's actually already been done..... many years ago!

Hey, Forest!

Thanks for the vid! That is totally awesome. The first "space jumper" ... and he almost reached the speed of SOUND ... without an aircraft!

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14 years ago

I don't think I will try. It looks scary

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14 years ago

No thanks, i am happy enough for walking.

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Nice one! I'm wondering if there's a school for that ..

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ConcordeWarrior 14 years ago

This is crazy.
Why is it that they don't show any of the landings?
Have they all crashed? :confused:
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  Originally Posted by ConcordeWarrior
  
  This is crazy.
  Why is it that they don't show any of the landings?
  Have they all crashed? :confused:
  
  lol - I think some of them do! But what most of them do is pull a
  parachute at a safe distance and glide to the ground.
  
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