Looking for a new Hobby?

Looking for a new Hobby?

PostBy: kozel On: Sat Nov 12, 2011 1:17 pm

It's called proximity wingsuit flying. http://vimeo.com/30194013

A whole collections is here. http://vimeo.com/phoenixfly/videos/sort:date
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Re: Looking for a new Hobby?

PostBy: WNY On: Sat Nov 12, 2011 1:32 pm

Until you hit the side of the hill....see that video.!
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Re: Looking for a new Hobby?

PostBy: Short Bus On: Sat Nov 12, 2011 4:39 pm

You might consider this site, be sure to check below the list for the actual accounts.
http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/wiki ... ality_List
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Re: Looking for a new Hobby?

PostBy: Dann757 On: Sat Nov 12, 2011 6:05 pm

Oh, no, I got a morbid fascination on how these guys bought the farm :D I've parachuted a couple times, static line jumps from 3000ft. I fixed a motorcycle for a guy once and he told me he had been an Air Force fighter jet trainer. He was trying to put together a program to help disadvantaged kids with flying restored MIG fighters from the Korean War era. i don't think he ever got a good enough sponsor to do that. His name is Pete "Robbie" Robinson.
He was also an aerobatic pilot and I jumped at the chance to fly with him. He rented a Great Lakes biplane trainer and would take people along for his practice rides. He liked that because it was cheaper to split the cost. We flew out of a little grass runway airport across the Delaware from Lambertville. It was called Van Zant Airport. So I can say I've flown upside down in an open cockpit biplane, we also did loops, snap rolls, it was a great time. I never knew the g's you pull in a loop, what an experience. I came out airsick every time but never puked. I went with the guy once from that airport to a private airstrip in south Jersey , we flew a Bellanca Decathalon. He was a cowboy, you had to drop in over power lines and he came in fast and had some trouble stopping in time. I remember seeing a big red barn coming up on us fast! He had gone to the guy's place to look at a Pitts.
That was 18 years ago, I always wanted to do that again but look how much time has passed.
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Re: Looking for a new Hobby?

PostBy: rockwood On: Wed Nov 16, 2011 1:09 pm

Short Bus wrote:You might consider this site, be sure to check below the list for the actual accounts.
http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/wiki ... ality_List

Another one to add to the list...they're still investigating the incident.
"A 24-year-old University of Utah student was killed Tuesday afternoon following a failed BASE jump from a cliff in Rock Canyon."
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