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March 28, 2005

Crazy-Cool Video

Guy jumps out of a helicopter and glides towards a snowy peak on flying-fox style membranes under his arms and between his legs.

Only disappointment: he pulls a parachute at the end. I was really hoping he had the balls enough to try to land off the glide, maybe on skis or something.

I have a feeling the James Bond people will be calling this guy in the next week.

Via The Full of Hate Brothers.


posted by Ace at 03:01 PM
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That's a close to flying as a human can get.

Unbelievable!

Posted by: jmflynny on March 28, 2005 03:13 PM

Totally OT: Unf'inbelievable. But of course it's the Jesus freaks who are the real threat out there, right?

Posted by: someone on March 28, 2005 03:17 PM

Wow. Just freakin' wow. I need to try that.

Any idea-- do they make these wings in husky sizes?

Cheers,
Dave at Garfield Ridge

Posted by: Dave at Garfield Ridge on March 28, 2005 03:18 PM

Actually, I believe my t-shirt comes complete with gliding membranes. I didn't advertise it, of course, because of fear of liability were someone to misuse the membranes.

Posted by: ace on March 28, 2005 03:23 PM

Those things have been in use for a while. You can free-fall for longer with them than without, but actually landing without a parachute is unlikely. People have tried larger "wings" but get them too big and they'll rip your limbs off.

Maybe someone will eventually figure out how to slowly increase the surface area while gradually slowing speed. . . .

Posted by: Frank Black on March 28, 2005 03:25 PM

Squirrel suit.

They used a couple in the second Tomb Raider movie.

At least one guy is working on some way to fly one fast enough to get a flat glide slope, and is planning on dumping into a lake for the landing. He'll be doing a hundred MPH or so when he hits (maybe as low as 70).

Current suits tend to have a vertical speed of 30 MPH or so with a low-end horizontal of 90 MPH.

BirdMan

Posted by: cirby on March 28, 2005 03:58 PM

Friends been jumping them for 3 years now.

NB: the guy who came up with the soft inflatable wing suit concept, Patrick DeGayardon, was killed when he had a parachute malfunction on one of the prototype suits.

Obviously, trying to land one of these is a mistake one makes only once.


Posted by: on March 28, 2005 04:24 PM

I guess this is the new Star Wars kid, then.

Posted by: ace on March 28, 2005 04:44 PM

Be sure and check out the Lion vs. Hyena video that's #1 on the Top 5 Rated Videos over on the left on that site, as well- really good stuff.

Posted by: Kevin J on March 28, 2005 07:55 PM

He has a foxy "membrane...between his legs?" When did Ace become Wonkette?

Posted by: Hondo on March 28, 2005 11:15 PM
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