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Old 18-02-08, 07:49 PM   #1
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For a while now I have wanted a wingsuit ...



From time to time I watch vids on youtube about them ...

I want one more than ever now!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dCcKDCzqD7k

Has anyone got an aeroplane I can jump out of???

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Old 18-02-08, 07:55 PM   #2
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Utterly mad, utterly FAB!
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Old 18-02-08, 07:56 PM   #3
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Utterly mad, utterly FAB!
Oh come on, you can't tell me you don't want one .... I mean just look at this!!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tqW6O_dcF2M

I mean that just makes my wil1y hard!!!
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Old 18-02-08, 07:58 PM   #4
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Nick - might be an idea if you bought the parachute FIRST !!
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Old 18-02-08, 08:06 PM   #5
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wahey...batfink"my wings are like a sheet of steel"
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Old 18-02-08, 08:11 PM   #6
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Nick - might be an idea if you bought the parachute FIRST !!
But turns out you don't need one, I was thinking Butser hill near me might be a reasonable glide angle!!

but yes, I'd like a go with a 'chute first
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Old 18-02-08, 08:56 PM   #7
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very cool, want one... no wait I NEED ONE
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Old 18-02-08, 09:16 PM   #8
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very cool, want one... no wait I NEED ONE
Indeed, it has gotten to the stage where I NEED one too ...

I was kinda hoping someone on here knew someone that did it and I could tag on to one of their flights ...
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Old 19-02-08, 11:25 AM   #9
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But turns out you don't need one, I was thinking Butser hill near me might be a reasonable glide angle!!

but yes, I'd like a go with a 'chute first
I wasn't aware that you could use them as a 'personal glider' type of affair - now that IS cool !! (but would require cohones of immense proportions to leap out of a plane!!)

I know Butser hill & it sounds like a reasonable location to me.

What sort of money are we talking by the way ?
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Old 19-02-08, 11:39 AM   #10
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I wonder how long this ski-jump style runway will be. And what surface it will have.
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