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Post by Stuart »

Watch for the vapour trail at the start :thumbs:

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/15479617? ... portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/15479617">Jeb Corliss wing-suit demo</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user4332134">Jeb Corliss</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

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Post by Tk »

seen quite a few of these flying suit vids but thats the best so far :thumbs:

through the waterfall was impressive
Small one's are more juicy

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Saw that a few weeks ago, The guy is a fooking maniac!
I wish I had the balls to do something like that.

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The guys a complete nutter. Fancy jumping out of a plane or helicopter in a giant sleeping bag :D

I'd like to have seen how he landed at the end of the video.
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Post by Mr Fletcher »

amazing :thumbs: although one observation i made was that if it goes wrong it's going to bloody hurt :nod:

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One of his mates hit a bridge at 120. That would have smarted.

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that was just mental, like a piece of flying toast :nod:
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Post by slaphead »

Amazing video - don't think i'd be doing that though my weight to thrust ratio might be a tad off :)

There's nothing that shouts "Poor Workmanship" more than wrinkles in the Gaffer tape.....

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Post by RX7 »

Thumbing soundtrack, incredible video, absolute bravery and commitment, what more could you ask from a video ?!!!?

Nice post Stu.
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9ATikkZPHck" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
more cliff scraping action. Older and lower resolution but impressive all the same

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