lurch 0 #1 June 25, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/06/25/free_flight/ I know, I know. Shameless self-promotion. I suppose I can expect other birds to pluck a few of my feathers about this one, but c'mon guys, this is media. I thought they did a great job. A lot of media exposure for the sport is negative in nature. This is as positive as anything I've seen. I'm tickled pink, and it took a surprising amount of work to make this happen. I love how tales grow as they go. By the time I hear this from people I meet I'll be flying 20 miles from 5000 feet and landing on phone wires with no canopy. Superhero and a penguin? There is no emoticon for a grin this big... Special Thanks to: Doug Belkin-Boston Globe reporter Bill Purdin-media exposure Reed Searle-advice and stuff Justin Smith-cameraman Phil Roberson-Still camera for the actual paper edition Fran Strimenos-DZO Don Mayer- Master Rigger Tom Noonan, Gray Winey, Chip Steele-mentors guides and teachers Jari Kuosma and Robert Pecknik-Suit design and manufacture Performance Designs... Sabre2 170... 3 years later, 100% perfect canopy, 0.0% failure rate. And all my DZ friends who've been there with help encouragement and support.Live and learn... or die, and teach by example. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sylvain 0 #2 June 25, 2006 Nice one !!! Quote from the article : '... Over the next four minutes, before he opens his parachute, Caldwell is in flight ...' 4 min from 13,000 feet ... definitely a Superhero, not a penguin -- Sylvain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Costyn 1 #3 June 26, 2006 Yeah very nice article; informative and doesn't describe us as nutters with a deathwish. Nice work, Lurch. Costyn van Dongen - http://www.flylikebrick.com/ - World Wide Wingsuit News Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lurch 0 #4 June 26, 2006 The original was longer, the whole video (there was a lead-in with some ground footage of gearing up and some in-plane stuff was a bit over 3 minutes but no matter how I compressed it I couldn't squish it into the Globe's email server without chopping it down to the size you saw and we were running against a deadline... I lacked the time to find the tools I'd need to make the whole video emailable in size with a 5 meg limit, then I saw they'd made it from an Mpeg to a MOV and squished it all the way down to 1.3 megs anyway. What the world sees is the end result with just the good part and a shot of normal jumps first to illustrate the difference between WS and normal flight.Live and learn... or die, and teach by example. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
