Wingsuit Flying
However, since they have to jump out of a plane or jump off of a mountain, the wing suit glider needs a parachute designed for skydiving or BASE jumping. A wingsuit-only landing is not possible just yet, but a project to achieve that is underway! Fasten you seat belts, you're in for an unbelievable ride with the birdmen.
Mountain Wingsuit Fliers
Fearless
The Jeb Corliss Story
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But Sometimes...
Wingsuit Flyers Can Get Into Serious Accidents
Warning: this video may be disturbing for some viewers.
Modern-Day Icarus
Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers: Wingsuits and the Pioneers Who Flew in Them, Fell in Them, and Perfected Them
Amazon Price: $11.86 (as of 07/05/2009)
Michael Abrams writes about the present-day heirs to Deadalus and Icarus. Gradual refinement of equipment and techniques have made personal flight more commonplace, and less deadly than ever before. It's the renaissance of personal flight!
The Flying Dude
Loic Jean Albert BASE jumps from a helicopter down the side of a mountian. Looks like a flying squirrel in his wingsuit.
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The Closest Thing to Flying
Bird man sets flight record!
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Would You Try It?
cyberpunkdreams wrote...
It's pretty amazing stuff. I heard about wingsuit flying for the first time recently (although read about it in plenty of SF novels!) It's one of the few extreme sports I'd actually like to try.
Posted April 18, 2009
b wrote
the funny thing people dont see is that if thats the furthest guy to fly then what about the camera flyer with him why dont he get credit he was flying the same line and got even further then the reconized name
but still insane and he must have abs of steel
nice work guys
Posted February 25, 2009
The Quest for Wingsuit Landing
The race is on!
The main issue with making a safe landing is that wingsuit pilots descend not only downward but also forward, due to the gliding action of the wings. Jeb's team is counteracting this problem by having designed a Nordic-ski-jump like runway in which Jeb will be able to slide and come to a stop with no shock.
Loic Jean-Albert, the flying dude, is not very optimistic as he said: "You might do it well one time, and try another time and crash and die". More details in this NY Times article Flying Humans, Hoping to Land With No Chute.
The Wingsuit Landing Project, as it's been called, is expected to take place as soon as this year. However, Mr. Corliss is not alone, at least half dozen groups around the world are working secretly to achieve the same goal. Who's going to do it first? And how? Stay tuned.
The Quest for Wingsuit Landing
Who Will Be The First to Land?
Wingsuit Landing Without Parachute
The Mechanics of Flying Squirrels
1. Achieve the slowest vertical speed.
2. Maximize horizontal speed and glide distance.
To accomplish both goals, the gliders need to manipulate the flight characteristics by changing:
a. the shape of the torso, twisting the shoulders, bending knees and hips.
b. the angle of attack in which the wingsuit flies in the relative wind.
c. the amount of tension applied to the fabric wings of the suit.
The Human Flight Project
Unbelievable Footage!
Adrenaline Rush (IMAX) (2 - Disc WMVHD Edition)
Amazon Price: $13.49 (as of 07/05/2009)
Take a thrilling look at the world of skydiving and base jumping - parachuting from a building, a bridge or a cliff. Thanks to a camera strapped to one of the professional jumpers who took part in the film, you can also live through a 4,265-foot jump from a legendary Norwegian cliff.
Wingsuit Fliers in The News
- Celebrate July 4th With Backyard Science
- You know, I think, you know, jumping off of cliffs with a wing suit is an example of something that I find very enjoyable to watch videos of other people ...
- Drambuie Search for Adventure Ambassador to Take on the Bolivian ...
- Wingsuit Flying (using a special suit that shapes your body into an aerofoil, basically turning you into a flying squirrel)
- Skydivers fall over each other while plunging into Yolo
- Sean Horton prefers wing suit jumps, a suit with a parachute build into the jumpers own wingspan. He said with a parachute you fall, with a wing suit you ...
The Lonely Birdman
Max Hurd Wingsuit Flyer
Have a Chuckle
Connect To The Source
- Loic Jean-Albert
- Loic is known as the Flying Dude and his company makes wingsuits.
- Birdman Inc.
- Birdman is one of the main wingsuit manufacturers.
- Wingsuit Pilots on YouTube
- An incredible array of videos on wing suit flyers. Check it out!
