Topic: When humans fly

In the vein of "growing a spine" - this is something you probably have rarely, if ever, seen.

Work safe, mind boggling - if you have vertigo, avoid it.
Humas flying in real world

Humans flying - excellent cut

(When I see this, first time with my old hemiplegic buddy, I say to myself "the best sensation anyone can feel - but it takes courage that flirts
with total madness, 2 seconds amiss => you're dead").

Life is broader than padded cell walls - trust me. Or not. But watch. And imagine. (and google "wing suite" for more - some
of this totally beats the best video game sensations).

(Edited by argo navis on 01-25-2008 03:21)

Gosh! Even I got nervous when he first jumped out of the plane towards the mountain, that would be amazing to do.

Amazing ... so close to the ground and cliffs ... but I would never do that :P

That looks sofa king fantastic. I wonder how many times I'd have to run and jump and scream the whole time before I became desensitized enough to really enjoy it.

Obstacle courses, mmmm.

Yeah same questions here - I would like to know they guys, I think they are not *mad* but highly skilled jumping professionals.
(don't try this at home).

I don't think they have no fear, I just think they can afford the risk calculation.

The looping starts, one of the loopings in the second video, the "nearly hit the road" bit.... *speechless*

(plays the videos again and imagines the roaring wind in my ears and the absolute freedom of feeling no physical contact with anything but air...
at the decent speed of some 200km/h)

I would love to try that - what a rush it'd be!

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Yeah (slips in a official and definitive apology to WH - sorry for the wack phrasing), do you, or does someone in house
do things like this? I mean, more like parachute, or any extreme sport?

I have a buddy here by my side who has done a couple, a couple of times, and he just told me :
"if the guys would bend one arm at a time when openning their parachute, they'd start whirling around and they'd get wrapped in the parachute - looks smooth,
but they cannot afford the loss of concentration".