fly_tornado Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 always good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsor68 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Holy Smokes! That was an impressive flight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jake.f Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 WOW! That is absolutely insane!!! I wonder how much control of altitude they have during these flights or if their path is just very precisely calculated... These people are slightly nuts, being only miliseconds away from a very messy death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsor68 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 These people are slightly nuts, being only miliseconds away from a very messy death. What amazes me is just how far removed from Parachuting this Sport has become... it is it's own discipline today and the possibilities for the future??? I reckon we will say WOW again and again in the future as it matures.. It has become an amazing branch of Sports flying... Notice some of the peaks they are flying off are not suitable for Base Jumping... without flying out of the Valley... splat! The Wing Suit has become the primary aircraft... the Parachute is just the landing gear...Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jake.f Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I did see a video a while ago when one person who does this whole wing suiting thing said he was aiming to find a way to somehow land without a parachute. I have no idea how that would even be possible but they may find a way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 This guy is obviously practising for that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4D Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Holy Sheeet thats not low its stupid. No time for a cut away and reserve deployment at all. Even a slow opening would have meant HOSPITAL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Base jumpers do not have a reserve canopy or even an altimeter. Awareness and not being distracted, like watching your own shadow, as what happened here. No plan B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4D Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 No plan B not for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 At those heights, would a reserve be of any real use? seems like false security Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsor68 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Its just like landing a really, really high performance sailplane (say like a Space shuttle)... no chance for a go around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightyknots Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Even my adrenaline was pumping ....just watching these clips:yikes:! Q. Are they (1) skilled; or, (2) insane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pudestcon Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Even my adrenaline was pumping ....just watching these clips:yikes:!Q. Are they (1) skilled; or, (2) insane? Is this a Poll? A third option I would vote for would be "All of the above":big_grin: Pud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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