wingsuits & jeb corliss: 'flying' then opening yr parachute and landing back on earth

dude is a BASE jumper. he wears these special suits
and let's face it, dude is fukkin boss!
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_srOhGcGHvik/Sn_aQBRoHCI/AAAAAAAAC7Y/9k6HhdcXDlM/s800/10flying_265.jpg
i put flying in apostrophes cuz really he is steering while falling but it's closer than most dudes come to flying imo
let us discuss this

see how similar
http://theweekthatwas.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/flying-squirrel.jpg

oh man just trawling round wikipedia, some of this stuff sounds phenomenal

On 25 October 2005 in Lahti in Finland, Visa Parviainen jumped from a hot air balloon in a wingsuit with two small turbojet jet engines attached to his feet. The turbojets provided approximately 16 kgf (160 N, 35 lbf) of thrust each and ran on kerosene (JET A-1) fuel. Visa apparently achieved approximately 30 seconds of horizontal flight with no noticeable loss of altitude.[6]

The Gryphon is a military wingsuit that currently allows paratroopers to exit an aircraft at an altitude of 10 kilometres, then fly 40 kilometres while carrying up to 100 kilograms of equipment. The system is still in development and the goal, according to ESG, is to allow paratroopers to fly up to 200 kilometres, thus enabling them to penetrate enemy airspace without compromising the safety of the aircraft or being detected by radar. [1]

apparently dudes havebeen doing this for a while now tho

whoa dude ledge put urls man i wanna read that shit, yo

no more info on the gryphon page but a link to a news story with a picture...

http://www.foxnews.com/images/366557/0_61_042308_gryphon.jpg

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352477,00.html

this is one of the 5 most traumatic videos I have ever seen on Youtube - do not watch unless you want to be put off wingsuit jumping forever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvjgvXcxMsU

The main difference between the squirrel suit and a flying squirrel is that the real squirrel can use its tail as a rudder and is able to slow itself down while in the air, whereas the wingsuit base jumper still needs a parachute.

dude that movie captures it all. this is dangerous dudes. you could die

According to wingsuit lore, between 1930 and 1961, 72 of the 75 original birdmen died testing their wingsuits[citation needed].

n.b. that is Jeb Corliss, who was covered in his dead co-jumper's blood and gore, and who gives an interview at the end

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Rossy

^^^that guy was my hero of 2009

fukkin gryphon page is in german, can't read

look I even started this thread YVES ROSSY: BUZZ LIGHTYEAR

you are so far in front of me, dude!

peeps didn't wanna hear that shit in '09 yo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gypsy_Moths

putting that in the netflix queue!

http://www.koyn.com/CloudDancer/articles/bmWFFC99.html