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Message started by SALB on 11/30/12 at 21:52:58

Title: I wanna fly like Superman!
Post by SALB on 11/30/12 at 21:52:58

I think this would be a blast! Is this what they call a "flight suit"? :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYVh5W9y8pc

Title: Re: I wanna fly like Superman!
Post by Serowbot on 11/30/12 at 22:07:54

That's not flying,... ...it's falling...sideways... ;D...

Title: Re: I wanna fly like Superman!
Post by 360k+ on 12/01/12 at 18:17:13

That's a great music/viddy - very enjoyable! I've done a Superman thing a couple of times back when I used to ride dirt bikes. That's, Superman, as in over the handlebars. When/if you ever do reach a ripe old age, it's scary to reflect sometimes... rolled the dice so many times and came up a winner!

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Post by Pine on 12/03/12 at 08:37:30

One of my more fav sites:

http://www.wimp.com/piggybackjump/

Title: Re: I wanna fly like Superman!
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 12/05/12 at 05:53:38

There are some amazing videos shot by those guys flying those suits. One has a few people stationed & filming at a ridge with a major drop off on down from them. They have balloons flying so the guy flying/falling can see them & head their way. He couldnt have been more than 20 feet off the ground when he came thru. IIRC, he was also followed by another camera & we got to see the whole flight from the air with the footage from the close pass to the ground cut in.
A guy from Norway who is a volunteer fireman said a year or so ago they they scrape about 1 a week off a mountain. I should ask him if there are fewer now.,

Title: Re: I wanna fly like Superman!
Post by SALB on 12/05/12 at 09:29:41

Hey JOG, you wouldn't happen to have links to those videos, now would ya! :)

Title: Re: I wanna fly like Superman!
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 12/05/12 at 10:49:35

Im sure a search would yield a ton in YOu Tube, I asked for a link to this one, so, lets see.

Title: Re: I wanna fly like Superman!
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 12/06/12 at 08:38:27

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWfph3iNC-k

Dude flies between balloon on a short string & the ground. Max, 6 or 7 feet? Cameraman dives outta the way, wisely, IMO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cs-zZ0Qu5Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Gee,, I wonder how any of them could wind up dead?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76PJRhGr2_c&feature=youtube_gdata_player

wingsuit is the search term

Title: Re: I wanna fly like Superman!
Post by SALB on 12/06/12 at 20:55:27

So they're called "wingsuits" ::) Looks like a good way to die to me ::)