Venturous Randy Posted October 16, 2013 Share #1 Posted October 16, 2013 No room for error RandyA http://www.wimp.com/groundflight/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yammer Dan Posted October 16, 2013 Share #2 Posted October 16, 2013 Little tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etcswjoe Posted October 16, 2013 Share #3 Posted October 16, 2013 Looks like a blast !! Wonder how much it would cost to do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G in SC Posted October 16, 2013 Share #4 Posted October 16, 2013 Looks like a blast !! Wonder how much it would cost to do that? An arm and a leg,,,, at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncledj Posted October 16, 2013 Share #5 Posted October 16, 2013 Now that guy's just plain nuts. Looks like it'd be a lotta fun though. Maybe if I were about 35 years younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etcswjoe Posted October 16, 2013 Share #6 Posted October 16, 2013 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). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragtop69gs Posted October 16, 2013 Share #7 Posted October 16, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggletooth Posted October 16, 2013 Share #8 Posted October 16, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakester Posted October 16, 2013 Share #9 Posted October 16, 2013 I do not believe there are any second chances on your rookie flight. Looks cool, watch out for the down draft, oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggletooth Posted October 16, 2013 Share #10 Posted October 16, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJoe Posted October 16, 2013 Share #11 Posted October 16, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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