Some incredible flying..

[VEGAS]

Hi all,

Who needs an aircraft when you can do this in the air. This guy is nothing short of spectacular! :shock:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmZyB_ghpa0

[jonesey2k]

Crikey! That looks dangerous! And fun!

Heh I would still prefer having 4 turbojets under my wing like that other guy

[Philip Foglar]

Hectic! Looks quite risky but lots of fun!!

Philip.

[Nigel H-J]

Strewth!! was that for REAL?? As you watch the first clip of him from the ground the video appears to miss a few frames when he is coming down the side of the mountain. Also the shadow showing his figure on the snow from the camera he had attached shows that he appears to be wearing a cloak. When he left the helicopter he was just wearing a tight fitting ski suit!!

Just appears a bit too unreal for me but then again, will keep an open mind

[Chris Trott]

It's 100% real. The "cloak" is a flying wing suit. When the wings are deflated (between the body and arms and between the legs) it's not always readily apparent that one is wearing a wing suit instead of a standard jump suit (which is simply a wing suit without the wings although the jump suit came first ).

The guy is pretty much crazy. He's also flown his wing suit with a pair of R/C turbojets attached to his ankles and gotten a fairly substantial increase in range (in fact, I believe the video of the flight was up on here some time ago).

[Garry Russell]

Hi Chis

Your right, that Rocketman video was posted on here sometime back

I hadn't realised it was the same guy but that suit did look familiar.

Garry

[jonesey2k]

The guy who jumped off a hot air balloon with engines stuck to his feet in a wingsuit and the guy with 4 engines mounted on a wing are not the same people?

[Nigel H-J]

Thanks Chris, just could not figure it out............but now very much the wiser. Mad or what? :shock:

Regards Nigel.