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DUDE!!!! These people have it all wrong!!! That thing is so poisonous touching with your bare hand will infect you. You won't show symptoms for several days.... you'll get a rash.... then see spots..... you'll sweat way too much..... then you will learn to take nothing I say seriously.

"BUMP" Another pair...

AND ITS VIDEO OF FREEFALL!!!

I just found out... I'M IN THE VIDEO!!!!!!! (had to brag, first "production" video... hehehe) BEER!!

My apologies. I was speaking in general terms, and in no way attempting to make references to the individual. I was speaking about the incident as a hypothetical situation and wasn't clear it was a specific event. Sorry.

I guess my point is, the wingsuit wasn't what caused the fatality. Sure the guy pushed it too far, and then instead of taking a safe out, tried to force his way back. Regardless of what gear he had on, the decision to force his way back instead of picking an out is what did him in. If something about the wingsuit (ie, a wing blow out, poor throw tangling with a wing, etc) caused the fatality, the I'd classify it as a wingsuit related death. In my humble view, that was a pilot error related death. Brain mal. Just my view, to each there own. Jay

Would tracking, or flying a wingsuit out so far as to cause a bad spot be considered a factor, not a cause of a canopy related injury or death. If he turn low, he turn low and that was the cause. Why he ended up turning low would be a factor. Big difference. One can have one without the other.

Mine would be better had the adrenaline not still be coursing through my veins from such a low pull...THERE I WAS, THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE!!!!

HAHA, beat you too it..... .11

ha HA!!!!

But you'll be able to predict the weather on you're own with enough exposure

So are you saying that the time (between 17 and 20 seconds) is the time the Vigil feels the jumper has left to make up his own mind before the Vigil deploys for him??

I say we ban this gene so "they" don't try to "cure" us.

Soar far and long brother.

Molson Canadian. I'll post mine if you post yours

Ok, there is only one way to solve this logically. Find a pilot willing to pace you with his aircraft. This will have two advantages... 1) He can tell you what you're airspeed is within a couple of miles per hour. 2) The spinning fan(s) at the front of the aircraft will ensure maximum pilot performance. Somebody try this and tell me how you did Jay

There are some little things like that too on my suit that bug me. Fit and finish stuff. I've already had one booty rip at the seam, and that was after 5 flights. Taking it to a tailor friend to re-enforce the stitching there.

Incredible. I'm stealing one for my desktop background.

Legs closed, hips forward, arm wings closed. I've found sticking my elbows out just a little helps with keeping level with the horizon. I usually put my hands back to the pull position after deploying my pilot chute. The elbows allow a little freefall imput and haven't caused any pilot chutes hesitation for me. My worst openings always seem to be when I get lazy and don't get my hips forward. Twice I've had my chin stuck to my chest and my legs kicking that way. Oh what fun As far as pilot chute handles, I'm with Tonto. I have a small wiffle ball handle that is extremely light but is easy to get at. (edit: that wiffle ball thing)

Put it towards a plane ticket to somewhere warm.

What was it that you found cause the difficulty in cutting the wings away?? Just curious, didn't try that myself this weekend. Jay

The Alberta (Canada) Sport Parachuting Assoc is updating their website and have a section briefly describing different skydiving disciplines. When I saw they had all the "regular" disciplines (ie, rw, ff, crw, style & acc, canopy piloting) but had nothing on skyflying, I offered to write a short blurb on it in hopes of getting a little more coverage for the sport. The section is mostly directed at giving people who don't jump or just starting an idea of what is possible with once they get more involved. Here is what I've got... "Wingsuit flight, or skyfying has been around almost as long as people have been jumping from aircraft. Early on, the sport was focused more toward the flying circus and barnstorming theatres of the 1930's through 60's. In the late 1990's, wingsuit flight and modern skyflying as it is known today were reborn. Improvements in aerodynamics have improved flight times and horizontal distances. Skydivers, in "normal" freefall, reach speeds of 120 mph, with freefliers reaching speeds of 160 to 200 mph. In comparison, wingsuit pilots experience much slower vertical speeds, sometimes as low as 40 mph or less. The wings in turn, create higher forward speeds allowing the pilot to cover several miles across the ground over several minutes before being required to deploy his or her parachute. Although this discipline in its modern form is still fairly new, it is growing. Skyflyers are creating formations, or flock dives, similiar to what one would see from precision aircraft formations. Some compete for longest distance, longest flight time, or largest formation. The future of this skydiving discipline is just beginning." If anyone has anything insightful to maybe touch it up, I'd appreciate it. Remember, its aimed at newbies and whuffos, so its not meant to be technical. The site its meant for is www.aspa.ca Thanks Jay

The DHL guy just drove away 20 minutes ago and I've already had my rig hooked up and tried it on. Fit is good, but I too was wondering what happened to the snap and the velcro-less cutaway cables. I thought the cables would be a nice innovation, but I can get over that. Overall, I like the look, but can't wait to fly it tomorrow. As for that leg wing stiffener, does anyone else feel a 45 degree fold in it about mid piece?? It may have been from having been folded into the envelope, but not sure. J

I didn't say I or anyone else was better because they base jump or skydive or hangglide or play dungeons and dragons. All I said was that different people have different reasonings for what they do and don't do. You are correct, some people do what they do because it is fun. But other the other side, there are people that don't do things simply because they don't fully understand all the concepts that are involved. My mom thought I was crazy and almost broke into tears at the mention that I was going to do my first skydive. Since that time she has done one tandem, and has become my biggest supporter in that sport. I feel its because of the knowledge of what is at hand. J