wingsuit landing without parachute project

[profesorlino 0]

hi

i have seen in the media that jeb corliss want to be the first man in the world to land without a parachute. in one interview he said that there are at least 5 more guys who want to do this first. my question is:

who are these other guys???

[virgin-burner 1]

a couple have done this already - yes, they're all dead.

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
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[djvelour 0]

According to his wiki page, Loic Jean-Albert was working on an attempt back in 2007....

~~Sammy

[virgin-burner 1]

..and almost killed himself..

is he back to jumping yet?

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
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"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
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[chuckakers 425]

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hi

i have seen in the media that jeb corliss want to be the first man in the world to land without a parachute.

He wouldn't be the first, just the first to walk away from it...maybe.

Chuck Akers
D-10855
Houston, TX

[FB1609 0]

some guy on youtube is trying, building some kind of ramp i think. his username there is wingsuitflying

http://www.youtube.com/user/wingsuitflying?email=share_youtube_user

[monkycndo 0]

Hmmm, wonder who that is?

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[piisfish 140]

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..and almost killed himself..

is he back to jumping yet?

Loic's accident was speedflying., not wingsuiting.
He is flying indeed, the Porter in Gap, France. Concerning the jumping, I do not have accurate info but it seems that for the moment he is not jumping anymore.

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[virgin-burner 1]

thanks for the clarification, must of gotten something mixed up then..

james boole on the other hand.. he ALMOST landed his wingsuit, and got away with it. got a nice corset out of it too!

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda

[Liemberg 0]

Problem is (probably) that even if one has balls of steel that are big enough, a face plant @ the finish seems almost inevitable...

"Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but memory." - Leonardo da Vinci
A thousand words...

[piisfish 140]

balls are made for rolling... Maybe we just discovered a necessary part of the human landing gear

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[jrmrangers 0]

he just needs a really really long slip and slide and he should be all good

Wait , I pull what first?

[mircan 0]

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a couple have done this already - yes, they're all dead.

Actually, there was a video of one guy jumping wingsuit from a helicopter, did some freefall and he landed it without opening parachute. He only got bloody nose if I remember correctly.
Link to that video was somewhere here, but I can`t find it. Anybody else here remember it???

So, it`s already been done, stop trying

dudeist skydiver #42

[obelixtim 150]

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hi
i have seen in the media that jeb corliss want to be the first man in the world to land without a parachute. in one interview he said that there are at least 5 more guys who want to do this first. my question is:

who are these other guys??

Chuck Berry was pretty keen to do it, but that was a couple of years ago, don't know what the story with him is now.

Are you a reporter?.

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[labrys 0]

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Link to that video was somewhere here, but I can`t find it. Anybody else here remember it???

I remember it. It was hard to watch, and a real relief that he wasn't seriously injured.

Owned by Remi #?

[DSE 5]

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a couple have done this already - yes, they're all dead.

Actually, there was a video of one guy jumping wingsuit from a helicopter, did some freefall and he landed it without opening parachute. He only got bloody nose if I remember correctly.
Link to that video was somewhere here, but I can`t find it. Anybody else here remember it???

So, it`s already been done, stop trying

That was Ray Stone at ZHills. Bloody and broken nose...
But he indeed is the first person to exit a moving aircraft without wearing a parachute, landing it, and surviving (height notwithstanding).

[labrys 0]

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he just needs a really really long slip and slide

Yup, that's pretty much what's being planned.

Owned by Remi #?

[mircan 0]

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a couple have done this already - yes, they're all dead.

Actually, there was a video of one guy jumping wingsuit from a helicopter, did some freefall and he landed it without opening parachute. He only got bloody nose if I remember correctly.
Link to that video was somewhere here, but I can`t find it. Anybody else here remember it???

So, it`s already been done, stop trying

That was Ray Stone at ZHills. Bloody and broken nose...
But he indeed is the first person to exit a moving aircraft without wearing a parachute, landing it, and surviving (height notwithstanding).

...and in wingsuit.

I`m glad someone remembers it

dudeist skydiver #42

[Nutz 0]

What was that commercial where the guy dives out of the otter on the tarmac and then throws his pilot chute? Maybe this is where that idea came from.

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[DSE 5]

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What was that commercial where the guy dives out of the otter on the tarmac and then throws his pilot chute? Maybe this is where that idea came from.

That ad was made after Ray's amazing wingsuit jump at Zhills, so if anything, the ad came from his stunt.
it was just a bunch of guys having fun on a weather day.
Stoney repeated the stunt by exiting a truck at the Tiki boogie. Pix here somewhere on DZ.com

[ShayneH 0]

Jeb Corliss' idea is fucking retarded, imo. The actual concept of landing a wingsuit without a parachute is pretty cool, but when you substitute the parachute for a multi-million dollar NASA built ramp, it looses all practicality.

As for the guy who actually did it, can anyone provide any specifics? Specifically exit altitude

[lippy 918]

Exit altitude was <10ft

I got nuthin

[JerryBaumchen 1,354]

Hi lippy,

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Exit altitude was

The jumper who jumped out of the DC-3 @ Richmond was only slightly higher than that.

IIRC he only got some broken bones.

~30 yrs ago, or so. I cannot remember his name, though ( getting old ).

JerryBaumchen

[ORGASMO 0]

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Stoney repeated the stunt by exiting a truck at the Tiki boogie. Pix here somewhere on DZ.com

OK so its ONLY a bit over a year later.(took me a while to find it) video of that at the 4min mark here
http://vimeo.com/19683563
with gratuitous ta tas included
Stoney Rules !!
AND spring is here!! +11 in the Great White North today!!

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You better be tough

[robinheid 0]

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a couple have done this already - yes, they're all dead.

Actually, there was a video of one guy jumping wingsuit from a helicopter, did some freefall and he landed it without opening parachute. He only got bloody nose if I remember correctly.
Link to that video was somewhere here, but I can`t find it. Anybody else here remember it???

So, it`s already been done, stop trying

That was Ray Stone at ZHills. Bloody and broken nose...
But he indeed is the first person to exit a moving aircraft without wearing a parachute, landing it, and surviving (height notwithstanding).

Yo DWE,

When your parachuting career spans a grand total of five years, it pays to do your homework before you make sweeping declarative statements like that:

Alan Magee (1943)

Nick Alkemade (1944)

Vesna Vulovic (1972)

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