Bones

He's going "Old School", using a skydive rig for a BASE jump.

So- what kind of wingsuit DID you buy?

Both of the suits are large enough to have their own gravitational fields. Be careful with tight flocks.

WOOOOOSH I thought it was the sound of someone swooping just overhead with their brand new Icarus IRONY 97.

I'm interested to see their review of the Mercedes, mostly because of the heavy advertising of Mercedes Benz during the US show.

For good or bad, they were definitely trying to clone the UK version. Given that, it would have been nice if they could have also cloned the level of production. The instability of their in-car video made it look like a bad YouTude segment.

+1

It's well camoflauged, but I believe it's a prototype of the new Phantom 3 wingsuit from Phoenix Fly.

Have fun storming the castle.

Try adding "ws" right after skycanyon in the link.

I use a Spectre 150, loaded @ 1.2 for WS and RW/FS.

I worked backwards, starting with Serenity and then the Firefly series (got them both on DVD). If you want something else that's funky and well written, try the new Doctor Who series.

"Purple Brian"...nah, just doesn't work. On the other hand..."Purple Lurch"

I have the same set up. My protrack fits very snugly in the left audible pocket, so much so I've had to make a small hook out of a paperclip to get it back out.

Great write up and phenomenal pics. Brian Drake just put up a sweet video from the weekend over on Vimeo. (Search Vimeo for "Lodi wingsuit")

"That RW Guy"? Could be worse. Could be: "...those Freak Brothers over there". Look it up. The Freak Brothers did all right. Even had their own song.

PVC's: Premature Ventricular Contractions

Disturbing...but worth watching? I'm on the west coast and it's not on yet.

"Purple Mike...paging Purple Mike"

Just got this e-mail. Not sure which of Dan BC's accounts (e-mail, Facebook, etc) it was hacked from: OMG! I'm writing this with tears in my eyes,my fam and I came down here to Wales,United Kingdom for a short vacation unfortunately we were mugged at the park of the hotel where we stayed,all cash,credit card and cell were stolen off us but luckily for us we still have our passports with us. We've been to the embassy and the Police here but they're not helping issues at all and our flight leaves in less than 2days from now but we're having problems settling the hotel bills(£1,800 Pound) and the hotel manager won't let us leave until we settle the bills,I'm freaked out at the moment....LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN GET LOAN TO ME RIGHT NOW AND I PROMISE TO PAY BACK IMMEDIATELY I RETURN BACK HOME. ANYTHING YOU LOAN ME WILL BE APPRECIATED. THANKS Dan.

According to Maori legend, after initial success with their original design, the "WickerMan" brand became quite popular. However when they tried to branch out in to high-end lawn furniture, they were generally derided and it was all downhill from there.

Orlando airport is about twice as far away, but it was MUCH cheaper for me to fly in to. YMMV.

pssst...it's Oregonians. As noted above, Bend is da bomb diggity for outdoor enthusiasts and Skydive Oregon is just a 2+ hour drive over the mountains. Bend was fairly hard hit with the housing bubble and there may still be deals to be had.

1. Yuri 2. Jarno 3. Simon 4. Andreea 5. Kyle 6. Kipp 7. Butters (On The Fence) 8. Monkey 9. Skwrl/JD (maybe; I'll know better soon) 10. Purple Mike 11. Matt (On The Fence) 12. Stu 13. Danny 14. Pat 15. Ralph K 16. Randy What's the closest airport to fly in to?

It's an AN-2.