pecofly

I,m new to this and thought you guys might like to see a photo of a fellow by the name of Cecil Mackenzie flying a wingsuit here in Oliver BC Canada The year was 1937 and the event was the opening of the Oliver Airport BC. Apparently he was arrested after his flight. Pretty cool.

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Hello folks. Actually, I am a HG pilot , but have always been interested in skydiving and mostly these squirrel suits. Tonite I was out for dinner at cafe and noticed on the wall there a pix of a skydiver, in 1937 who was using what I,m thinking must have been an early model wing suit. You guys ever heard of Cecil Mackenzie? Anyways , here he is in 1937. The story reads that on the official opening day of the Oliver Airport, Cecil jumped for the spectators in his wingsuit, but was too high for anyone to see him, plus he was unable to land in the vicinity of the airport, so could not be proved that his wingsuit indeed worked. After he landed, he and his crew were promptly arrested. Just in case youhaven,t heard of this guy, thought you might find this interesting. PeteR