skydiverek 55 #1 August 16, 2002 Watch carefully 44th and 45th second of this clip: http://personal.inet.fi/cool/humanflight/herc-o2.wmv Is it an airplane (or birdman) under formation??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,122 #2 August 16, 2002 Holy $hit, that's freaky........ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobbes4star 0 #3 August 16, 2002 birdman???if fun were easy it wouldn't be worth having, right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #4 August 16, 2002 UFO Really, it is. Prove me wrong! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pammi 0 #5 August 16, 2002 Wow! Freaky! What a cool video tho. Off the path from the subject of it, but I loved getting such a long clip and closeups of the people...really helps show me a few things about what they do and what I'm NOT doing! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 5 #6 August 16, 2002 Huh....that link has crashed my computer twice in a row. I'll just have to take your word for it. Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #7 August 16, 2002 That is a nice clip....I just know that the one guy needs to move his camera forward a bit so his Bonehead isn't in the frame. I have the same problem..when I am zoomed out you can see my goggles and cheek bone in the edge. I'll fix it one of these days. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #8 August 16, 2002 It's very difficult to tell because the resolution of the video and the fact that WMP doesn't allow random access, but to me it just looks like some lamer that went low and shot under the formation.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cpoxon 0 #9 August 16, 2002 That's no aircraft, that's Adrian Nicholas filming(and not in a wingsuit either). My other half was on that load. He was faster on the Brit100 footage...Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverek 55 #10 August 16, 2002 QuoteThat's no aircraft, that's Adrian Nicholas (and not in a wingsuit either). My other half was on that load. OK, mystery explained! Thanks! BTW - Adrian can move FAST horizontally! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottbre 0 #11 August 16, 2002 See for yourself. It's a little white thing coming in from the top right-hand corner... "Your mother's full of stupidjuice!" My Art Project Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobbes4star 0 #12 August 16, 2002 UFOif fun were easy it wouldn't be worth having, right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 5 #13 August 16, 2002 Great advice if I ever start jumping camera but it still doesn't help me see the video. I tried it again and it crashed my computer once more. I guess I'm the only one. Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobbes4star 0 #14 August 16, 2002 to bad it's a pretty good 3min video.if fun were easy it wouldn't be worth having, right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mountainman 0 #15 August 17, 2002 QuoteGreat advice if I ever start jumping camera but it still doesn't help me see the video. I tried it again and it crashed my computer once more. I guess I'm the only one. Chris Hey Chris...did you try "right clicking and save as"? That usually works much better than trying to watch it by clicking on it. Try that and then save it. Good luck.http://www.brandonandlaura.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darkzone 0 #16 August 17, 2002 Sure looks like a plane to me. Just watch it in full screen and it's going too fast to be anyone tracking. Look at Scottbre's jpeg (3) and it looks like a bizjet. Far away is close at hand in images of elsewhere. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 #17 August 17, 2002 I thought it looked like an aircraft, somthin with a V-tail to me, seemed too fast to be a Bonanza but? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #18 August 18, 2002 crazy...it must've been swamp gas. thats all, just swamp gas!My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpy 0 #19 August 18, 2002 that is damn weird....moved way fast across the screen but how could it be a plane? What plane would be desending at that speed over the dz? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #20 August 19, 2002 clearly a plane. i agree with bizjet of some kind. i reencoded the video so you can skip to any part and watched a few times. it moves a cloud. never seen a skydiver do that. i'll upload the new version to my server soon. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #21 August 19, 2002 I'm going to say its a jumper because thats the way the rest of the divers are coming into the formation from. I fail to see it moving a cloud, more a change in the camera flyers angle on the cloud. Besides.. from all accounts Adrian is that fast.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #22 August 19, 2002 ftp://ftp.skydivingmovies.com/public/RW/herc-o2_edit.wmv Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fudd 0 #23 August 19, 2002 Who has the original tape. Impossible to say for sure on the wma clip, but I'm sure you could tell on full quality... There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #24 August 19, 2002 >Who has the original tape. I think thats Thomas Tuominen's tape, he posts here as x3mcam. I'll PM him about it and ask him if he'd post the answer to the mystery on this thread. Erno Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cpoxon 0 #25 August 19, 2002 My other half has a DV copy. I'll try and post some stills this evening. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
