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http://vimeo.com/15192383

Holy =censored=, that is cool !!

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Iwan Bogels wrote:http://vimeo.com/15192383

Holy =censored=, that is cool !!

Enjoy,
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Ultra cool!!!

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Nice hobby
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Wow.... awesome cool!!! :respect:
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Another extreme sport... How do these guys land?
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SquAdmin wrote:Another extreme sport... How do these guys land?
Paracute.

Maybe in the future this will be a new hobby of mine,i like it a lot. :D
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If you check out http://vimeo.com/10091309, which is a slow motion video of these flying daredevils, you can clearly see Meiringen airbase. It is visible from 00"31 - 00"42. In this case they are flying along the southern mountain wall, which is often used by spotters to shoot Meiringen airbase from above.

Nevertheless the first video is the most exciting for as far as I'm concerned.

Makes me wonder which euipment they use for these HD videos.

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Woow this is great!
Anyone got an idea where to do this?
Maybe a tandem flight or something is that possible?
Did some research but can not find so mutch about a tandem jump..
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planespotters.nl wrote:Anyone got an idea where to do this?
Maybe a tandem flight or something is that possible?
Are you confident those little wings will provide enough lift to carry two persons? :wink:
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This is Awesome! I have posted a scimilar link some time ago in another section, laag, lager, laagst. But since I really like this I will put the link in here aswell:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttz5oPpF1Js[/youtube]

Enjoy.

By the way, it is not possible to do this like you do tandem skydiving. One of the reasons is that you have to create a sort of ball of air underneath your body for forward motion, you get this by holding your body 'bol' instead of arched ('hol'). So if someone is underneath you, the ball won't be there and you won't get the forward motion... So if you want to do this... go and take a skydive course and if you still want it, go basejumping with a wingsuit ;-)

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