Wingsuit flight

[Venturous Randy]

No room for error

RandyA

 

 

http://www.wimp.com/groundflight/

[Yammer Dan]

Little tight.

[etcswjoe]

Looks like a blast !! Wonder how much it would cost to do that?

[Mike G in SC]

Looks like a blast !! Wonder how much it would cost to do that?

 

An arm and a leg,,,, at least.

[uncledj]

Now that guy's just plain nuts.

 

Looks like it'd be a lotta fun though.

 

Maybe if I were about 35 years younger.

[etcswjoe]

Copied this from the National Geographic Website.

 

There are many qualified wingsuit instructors across the country, with first flight courses starting at $100. Options include Texas Wingsuit Academy in Texas (www.texaswingsuitacademy.com), Z-Hills in Florida (www.z-flock.com), WestCoast Wingsuits in California (www.westcoastwingsuits.com), Flock University in Massachusetts (http://www.flockuniversity.org) or Brothers Gray Wingsuit Academy in Maryland (www.myspace.com/thebrothersgray).

[ragtop69gs]

We had a guy here in the Detroit area this week that got killed doing exactly that, lost control and crashed into a woman on the ground. It was just a practice run that went bad.

[Snaggletooth]

Being a fan of crazy stuff I've tried a lot of things. Being a big Guy, 6'2" and close to 300 lbs most my life its been challenging.

 

Hot air ballooning...... kept staring at the floor of the wicker basket and making sure i didn't set my hair on fire.

 

Wind Surfing...... you have any idea of how far that "normal" sized board stays under water with a big Guy on it?

 

Sky diving...... i had concerns. The instructors assurred me i would be fine. If needed they could rig me a chute they use for dropping Jeeps.

Funny guys.

 

Rock Climbing....you know they don't use steel cable...at all.

 

Then i saw the Wingsuits. Too cool. I really like that. Saw a video of a Guy "threading the needle" through a crack in a mountain. Too hot!

 

So i started studying up on glide ratios.

 

I think I'll set this one out. I got a bucket list but it don't involve a spatula used with the bucket.

 

So I'll be wimping out on that one. Ya know ... . Live to fight another day and all that rot. LOL.

 

From my Droid wherever I may happen to be at any given moment.

[jakester]

I do not believe there are any second chances on your rookie flight. Looks cool, watch out for the down draft, oops.

[Snaggletooth]

I do not believe there are any second chances on your rookie flight. Looks cool, watch out for the down draft, oops.

 

First choice: jump.

 

Second Chance: FLAP!!!!

 

 

 

From my Droid wherever I may happen to be at any given moment.

[CaptainJoe]

Jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft?

HuH...What???

 

As far a buzzing unpopulated mountains, you could do the same thing in a plane.

 

The main difference being; an airplane has power, power IS altitude...

 

this would be much more exciting:

http://www.flyingmag.com/pilots-places/pilots-adventures-more/video-landing-and-takeoff-youve-never-seen?cmpid=enews092413&spPodID=030&spMailingID=17927470&spUserID=NDc4NjE4NTk1OQS2&spJobID=231200914&spReportId=MjMxMjAwOTE0S0

 

No thanks on the wing suit...they should take a spoon and bucket along...just in case