mccordia 74 #1 October 30, 2009 http://news.flylikebrick.com/2009/10/worlds-longest-freefall-647-from-30000.html 6'47" Danggg! Hope they had some nice songs on their Ipod, and a long massage afterward, cause damn thats a long haul! That must have been killer for their arms! Though the freefall times from lower (14k) altitude jumps quoted here on dz.com hint at around 9 minutes easily being possible from 39k, keep in mind that once you get past 3 minutes, performance decreases rapidly due to arm-strain and lactic accid buildup. The fact that they managed to do so with a ton of additional gear, and flying a loose 3 way formation makes it all the more impressive. Cant wait to see the looooooong video!JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccordia 74 #2 October 30, 2009 Browsing for more news, I noted that Birdman.com only a few weeks ago named Japanese wingsuit pilot Shinichi Ito as a runner up for the longest freefall (with a freefall time of 5'22" from an altitude of 33,5k). Though an awesome long freefall, there are at least 2 longer freefalls above that one (and by now actually 4): Sgt. Ben Borger (with 24k exit) and 5:40 *If anyone known Ben Borgers exact freefall time, please let me know! And our own DZ.com regular Mike Masheff (aka IslandGuy) already having flown an incredible 5:28 from 22.050 ft Definately performances worthy of noting in the short history of these (official and unofficial) time records. Especially since Ben, Mike (and others) had 10k less altitude to work with. Because its a geeky and fun aspect of wingsuit flying, Ive made an overview on past and current flights at Wingsuitnews.com If anyone wants to assist in doing rough calculations of the estemated sustained freefall speed (mph) for all current records, also give a shoutJC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyjumpsteve 0 #3 October 30, 2009 Increíble. Felicidades! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
padraigbrowne 0 #4 October 30, 2009 Quote Browsing for more news, I noted that Birdman.com only a few weeks ago named Japanese wingsuit pilot Shinichi Ito as a runner up for the longest freefall (with a freefall time of 5'22" from an altitude of 33,5k). Though an awesome long freefall, there are at least 2 longer freefalls above that one (and by now actually 4): Sgt. Ben Borger (with 24k exit) and 5:40 *If anyone known Ben Borgers exact freefall time, please let me know! And our own DZ.com regular Mike Masheff (aka IslandGuy) already having flown an incredible 5:28 from 22.050 ft Definately performances worthy of noting in the short history of these (official and unofficial) time records. Especially since Ben, Mike (and others) had 10k less altitude to work with. Because its a geeky and fun aspect of wingsuit flying, Ive made an overview on past and current flights at Wingsuitnews.com If anyone wants to assist in doing rough calculations of the estemated sustained freefall speed (mph) for all current records, also give a shout You are forgetting Ueli Gegenschatz legendary 17.6k flight in 5 mins 45 sec ( from 4500' ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6qZ2KlfwDo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccordia 74 #5 October 31, 2009 In all media Ueli's flight is quoted at 5'45" counting exit till landing. So that one includes canopy time. If anyone has info on what the actual freefall time was, and think it should be listed as well, just shoot me an email and Ill ad it to the list..JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teigen 0 #6 October 31, 2009 Hit me up on the chat Jarno, when a video surfaces! :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeatlast 0 #7 November 1, 2009 Quote http://news.flylikebrick.com/2009/10/worlds-longest-freefall-647-from-30000.html 6'47" Danggg! Yep - well done! now go get your shoulders / arms fixed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elias123 0 #8 November 2, 2009 That 10 minute mark is getting awfully close "In a mad world, only the mad are sane" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
