meekerboy 0 #1 September 2, 2003 I was priveledged to be on Tom Aiello's 1000th jump about 3 weeks ago which was a 2-way wingsuit from Gridsetskolten in Romsdal in Norway (3000ft). I was looking at the video footage and got scared. The plan was for Tom to exit after me which he did. I was in a GTI and him a Skyflyer. Unfortunately he did not have a good launch and ended up flying below me unable to see where I was. I started to move left to get out of his way because I knew he could'nt see me. He also move left and moved a lot quicker than me as he had finally started flying his suit. Visions of a strike quickly passed before my eyes as he went in for the pull directly below me. His parachute passed next to my toes as I fell past him. Having had time to think about avoiding such problems again, this is a potential plan: If anyone goes low they should track on a pretermined course - straight ahead and let the person above do the move aside. Q - Is this applicable for non-wingsuit jumps? Q - Is this applicable for jumps bigger than 2-ways? At the end of the day, it would be good to find a plan that avoid this near-miss. PS Tom, thanks for the hot chocolate! Meeker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PerFlare 0 #2 September 3, 2003 Tom, Congratulation on your accomplishment. Going past a thousand jumps and still breathing are impressive. Have fun playing! PerFlare Team Bautasten Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManBird 0 #3 September 4, 2003 Wow, Tom. To quote the "McCutaway" video... you're a fucking legend."¯"`-._.-¯) ManBird (¯-._.-´"¯" Click Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
