Seems like it will take so long and cost so much, I'll never get to experience a WingSuit
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JohnnyScience, in Wing Suit Flying
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Allow me to quote Tupac Shakur: "Work is fo suckas." All the cool kids start wingsuit at 120 jumps. The even cooler kids start wingsuit at 120 jumps AND do it solo without a first flight course. I guess the question is "How cool do you want to be?"
You forgot the most cool of the elite cool, those that started around 60 jumps _with_ an instructor.
thanks for reminding me again how arrr-sum i really am..
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Zeemax 0
QuoteIf you are really keen on getting to the 200 jump mark for as cheaply as possible you can fly camera from jump 100. Pick up a cheap camera set up, like sony hc40 / 52 from someone who is upgrading and practice from jump 100 and when you get good at it see if you can find a 4 way team or similar that you can film. They will pay for your slot and free jumps from there on. Good luck on your quest. Remember that the worst thing in life would be lying in some nursing home when your 80 watching tv and seeing some guy having mad fun flying a wingsuit and thinking how you always wanted to do it but never got off your butt and started the aff course.
In a number of countries it's a minimum of 200[/] jumps to fly a camera set up, and even then a high percentage of people shouldn't be jumping one at that stage.
Even if you do, it's going to be a while before anyone wants to pay your slots until you can prove you can actually fly your body to keep things in frame.
Also, racking up jump numbers like this is not going to get you in a wingsuit any quicker. If someone showed up to me at jump 200 with 100 camera jumps, i'd tell them to do some more jumping. Learn how to actually fly your body, then come back.
200 jumps really isn't a lot. Forget about the wingsuit for now and instead get to the DZ, jump your ass off and have as much fun as you can while doing it. Learn as much as you can, and just skydive.
Then, a couple of years down the line, when you have some good experience behind you, think again about getting into wingsuiting. The sky will always be there. No need to rush.
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Sangi 0
QuoteThe sky will always be there. No need to rush.
It's always easy to say this for people like you, who already achieved that and are enjoying it...
QuoteLearn how to actually fly your body, then come back.
What would you tell someone with several hours of tunnel time with 200 jumps?
Skwrl 56
Decide whether or not you want to achieve the goal; if you want to wingsuit, do what you need to do to achieve it. If it's important enough to you, you'll get there. If your ADD kicks in and you decide you want to do something else, that's fine, too.
It sounds like simplistic advice, but Lao-Tzu was right on this one: even a thousand mile journey begins with a single step.
Save up $200 and go to a local dropzone and try out a tandem (or AFF, doesn't matter, though I'm sure a lot of people here have preferences about whether you should do a tandem before AFF; that's not the point here).
Rather than complain about how far the distance is, start the journey. Like Lurch said (yeah, quoting Lurch and Lao-Tzu in same post, scary), getting the necessary experience to start wingsuiting is an adventure in itself.
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skybytch 259
QuoteIt's always easy to say this for people like you, who already achieved that and are enjoying it...
If you aren't enjoying the journey toward achieving your goal, why bother chasing it?
Zeemax 0
QuoteQuoteThe sky will always be there. No need to rush.
It's always easy to say this for people like you, who already achieved that and are enjoying it...
you are making the very wrong assumption that I have achieved everything I want to in skydiving. If that were the case, I wouldn't be jumping any more
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