cutaway1 3 #1 January 8, 2004 The video of the birdman flying low over the snow skiers heads has been making the rounds at our D.Z., it is just so spectacular. But, people have been saying that he went in shortly after that video was made, is this true, I would appreciate any information. Thanks and Aloha, TimSCR-21 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevin922 0 #2 January 8, 2004 Just talked to him today, he's just fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazyfrog 0 #3 January 9, 2004 Eric Fradet had an accident at the end of the summer though. But now he must be allright---------- Fumer tue, péter pue ------------- ourson #10, Mosquito Uno, CBT 579 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedformula 0 #4 January 9, 2004 did he have an accident with wingsuit, board or what ? any info will be appreciated. thanks Keeping it real 22x7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazyfrog 0 #5 January 9, 2004 not sure but I think it wase a BASE... REALLY NOT SURE. in the mags they said he needed 3 months without jumping..., so he needed to learn to live without flying ---------- Fumer tue, péter pue ------------- ourson #10, Mosquito Uno, CBT 579 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #6 January 9, 2004 My understanding is that it was a cliff jump in high winds. No wingsuit. I've got an email somewhere on my hard drive in which he describes it. Sounded like a fairly big bang up, but nothing permanent.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverek 63 #7 January 9, 2004 Loic will me a member of the 372-way attempts (9th from the bottom of the list here): http://theworldteam.com/Tmemb.htm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billvon 3,063 #8 January 11, 2004 I just talked to Kate and Dan O'Brien (both involved with the selection process for the 372 way) and they haven't heard anything bad about Loic. As far as they know he's still on for Thailand. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BravestDog 0 #9 January 14, 2004 QuoteSix Royal Thai Air Force Hercules C-130's will fly in loose formation at 2,200 meters / 7,200 feet over the Sanam Luang Royal Ceremonial Grounds and drop 672 skydivers to set a new Guinness Book World Record. This was quoted from here http://theworldteam.com/RSCrecords.htm 7,200 feet for 672 skydivers. This has to be wrong? Don't they mean 17,000 feet instead of 7,200 feet? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kansasskydiver 0 #10 January 14, 2004 go to PD's site and watch the full video, it shows him deploy. the video is rather old as well chris<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites indyz 1 #11 January 14, 2004 Quote7,200 feet for 672 skydivers. This has to be wrong? Don't they mean 17,000 feet instead of 7,200 feet? 7,200 feet is probably correct. The 672-person record is for most people in freefall at the same time, not in formation (if I understand correctly). They are also doing a 372-way freefall formation, which is shown farther down on that page that you linked to. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lazyfrog 0 #12 January 14, 2004 Quote 7,200 feet is probably correct. The 672-person record is for most people in freefall at the same time, not in formation (if I understand correctly). the 672 is people under canopy, not in freefall... it'll be massive hysteria to land in the royal garden in bangkok...---------- Fumer tue, péter pue ------------- ourson #10, Mosquito Uno, CBT 579 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mjasantos 0 #13 January 14, 2004 Hi there! The 7,200 ft are correct! That is a Mass Jump, not a Big-Way Freefall Formation. Here's the complete explanation: ===================================== Largest Mass Freefall Jump Sanam Luang Royal Ceremonial Grounds, Bangkok 24 January 2004 The first world record targeted for the Royal Sky Celebration will be for the category of 'Largest Mass Freefall Jump.' World Team '04 will attempt to eclipse the current mass freefall record of 572 skydivers set in Bangkok, Thailand, on 2 December 1999, and the current record of 588 (which included one aircraft load of static line jumpers) set in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 18 April 2000. On Friday, 23 January, a briefing will be held at 10:00 am the Windsor Suites Hotel for the World Team members who will participant in the Mass Freefall Jump the next day. Following the briefing, jumpers will have an opportunity to visit the Sanam Luang drop zone, and are encouraged to take the time to do so. On Saturday, 24 January, World Team members participating in the Mass Freefall Jump will board buses early in the morning (probably 07:00), which will take them to the RTAF Base in Bangkok. Support personnel and accompanying persons will be bused directly to the Sanam Luang drop zone. At approximately 11:00, the Royal Thai Air Force will fly a formation of six Hercules C-130's over downtown Bangkok at 2,200 meters / 7,200 feet. After these aircraft pass near the Grand Palace, World Team's international contingent of 430+ skydivers and 240+ elite Thai skydivers will exit from the tailgate ramps to set a Guinness Book Mass Freefall Jump World Record with a total of 672 skydivers.. After opening their parachutes, skydivers will unfurl long yellow and blue streamers, which will trail behind them as they fly toward the Sanam Luang Royal Ceremonial Grounds to land. The colored streamers are symbols of the Royal colors of Thailand: yellow is the color of the Royal Standard, and blue is the background color of Her Majesty the Queen's personal flag. This Royal Sky Celebration Mass Freefall Jump will signal the beginning of an eight-month-long Celebration honoring Her Majesty the Queen, whose birthday is August 12. The number "672" was selected for its symbolic significance to honor Her Majesty's 6th (12-year) life cycle 72nd birthday. http://www.theworldteam.com/PPsanam.htm ===================================== Blue Skies! ----------------------------- Mario Santos Portugal Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bodypilot1 0 #14 January 15, 2004 Quote it'll be massive hysteria to land in the royal garden in bangkok... I'll let you know what it was like after we do the jump.www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lazyfrog 0 #15 January 15, 2004 several people from my DZ will be there, and some of them post on DZ.com : knabe, madfly...---------- Fumer tue, péter pue ------------- ourson #10, Mosquito Uno, CBT 579 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Laurent 0 #16 January 18, 2004 I saw Loic this morning and he's fine ! Hope nothing bad will ever happen to such a nice guy. Laurent, autrefois sur l'ile de La Reunion http://perso.wanadoo.fr/windsurf/skydive Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lazyfrog 0 #17 January 18, 2004 salue le de ma part et dis lui que je suis super content de ma combi.---------- Fumer tue, péter pue ------------- ourson #10, Mosquito Uno, CBT 579 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skydonkey 0 #18 January 20, 2004 *** But, people have been saying that he went in shortly after that video was made *** It could be that someone down the line has confused this with another famous awsome video clip 'Faster MotherFucker in the valley', which shows Lucas Knuttson WingBASE across a valley and over a river. I believe he went in with a collapsed/knotted Pilot chute shortly after it was flimed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dgskydive 0 #19 February 20, 2004 They may also be confusing him with Dewain (rip). 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billvon 3,063 #8 January 11, 2004 I just talked to Kate and Dan O'Brien (both involved with the selection process for the 372 way) and they haven't heard anything bad about Loic. As far as they know he's still on for Thailand. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BravestDog 0 #9 January 14, 2004 QuoteSix Royal Thai Air Force Hercules C-130's will fly in loose formation at 2,200 meters / 7,200 feet over the Sanam Luang Royal Ceremonial Grounds and drop 672 skydivers to set a new Guinness Book World Record. This was quoted from here http://theworldteam.com/RSCrecords.htm 7,200 feet for 672 skydivers. This has to be wrong? Don't they mean 17,000 feet instead of 7,200 feet? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kansasskydiver 0 #10 January 14, 2004 go to PD's site and watch the full video, it shows him deploy. the video is rather old as well chris<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #11 January 14, 2004 Quote7,200 feet for 672 skydivers. This has to be wrong? Don't they mean 17,000 feet instead of 7,200 feet? 7,200 feet is probably correct. The 672-person record is for most people in freefall at the same time, not in formation (if I understand correctly). They are also doing a 372-way freefall formation, which is shown farther down on that page that you linked to. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazyfrog 0 #12 January 14, 2004 Quote 7,200 feet is probably correct. The 672-person record is for most people in freefall at the same time, not in formation (if I understand correctly). the 672 is people under canopy, not in freefall... it'll be massive hysteria to land in the royal garden in bangkok...---------- Fumer tue, péter pue ------------- ourson #10, Mosquito Uno, CBT 579 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjasantos 0 #13 January 14, 2004 Hi there! The 7,200 ft are correct! That is a Mass Jump, not a Big-Way Freefall Formation. Here's the complete explanation: ===================================== Largest Mass Freefall Jump Sanam Luang Royal Ceremonial Grounds, Bangkok 24 January 2004 The first world record targeted for the Royal Sky Celebration will be for the category of 'Largest Mass Freefall Jump.' World Team '04 will attempt to eclipse the current mass freefall record of 572 skydivers set in Bangkok, Thailand, on 2 December 1999, and the current record of 588 (which included one aircraft load of static line jumpers) set in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 18 April 2000. On Friday, 23 January, a briefing will be held at 10:00 am the Windsor Suites Hotel for the World Team members who will participant in the Mass Freefall Jump the next day. Following the briefing, jumpers will have an opportunity to visit the Sanam Luang drop zone, and are encouraged to take the time to do so. On Saturday, 24 January, World Team members participating in the Mass Freefall Jump will board buses early in the morning (probably 07:00), which will take them to the RTAF Base in Bangkok. Support personnel and accompanying persons will be bused directly to the Sanam Luang drop zone. At approximately 11:00, the Royal Thai Air Force will fly a formation of six Hercules C-130's over downtown Bangkok at 2,200 meters / 7,200 feet. After these aircraft pass near the Grand Palace, World Team's international contingent of 430+ skydivers and 240+ elite Thai skydivers will exit from the tailgate ramps to set a Guinness Book Mass Freefall Jump World Record with a total of 672 skydivers.. After opening their parachutes, skydivers will unfurl long yellow and blue streamers, which will trail behind them as they fly toward the Sanam Luang Royal Ceremonial Grounds to land. The colored streamers are symbols of the Royal colors of Thailand: yellow is the color of the Royal Standard, and blue is the background color of Her Majesty the Queen's personal flag. This Royal Sky Celebration Mass Freefall Jump will signal the beginning of an eight-month-long Celebration honoring Her Majesty the Queen, whose birthday is August 12. The number "672" was selected for its symbolic significance to honor Her Majesty's 6th (12-year) life cycle 72nd birthday. http://www.theworldteam.com/PPsanam.htm ===================================== Blue Skies! ----------------------------- Mario Santos Portugal Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bodypilot1 0 #14 January 15, 2004 Quote it'll be massive hysteria to land in the royal garden in bangkok... I'll let you know what it was like after we do the jump.www.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazyfrog 0 #15 January 15, 2004 several people from my DZ will be there, and some of them post on DZ.com : knabe, madfly...---------- Fumer tue, péter pue ------------- ourson #10, Mosquito Uno, CBT 579 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent 0 #16 January 18, 2004 I saw Loic this morning and he's fine ! Hope nothing bad will ever happen to such a nice guy. Laurent, autrefois sur l'ile de La Reunion http://perso.wanadoo.fr/windsurf/skydive Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazyfrog 0 #17 January 18, 2004 salue le de ma part et dis lui que je suis super content de ma combi.---------- Fumer tue, péter pue ------------- ourson #10, Mosquito Uno, CBT 579 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydonkey 0 #18 January 20, 2004 *** But, people have been saying that he went in shortly after that video was made *** It could be that someone down the line has confused this with another famous awsome video clip 'Faster MotherFucker in the valley', which shows Lucas Knuttson WingBASE across a valley and over a river. I believe he went in with a collapsed/knotted Pilot chute shortly after it was flimed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgskydive 0 #19 February 20, 2004 They may also be confusing him with Dewain (rip). He is the one that hit the birdge in Colorado.Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
