These guys are nuts!

[Bugeye58]

https://www.biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=4262

Jeff

 

[tony barnhill]

Sorta like HALO but with only the "LO"!!

 

[Steve]

Certifiable!

 

[Bugeye58]

Tony, HALO is fun, but this just looks crazy!
Jeff

 

[tony barnhill]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]Tony, HALO is fun, but this just looks crazy!
Jeff [/QUOTE]
Yep - wonder why so close to the mountains? Does it have something to do with more lift?

& what do ya think the first guy who donned one of those suits & jumped off a mountain thought?

 

[Bugeye58]

Tony, I would imagine they're using the thermals off the rock face.
I bet I could tell you what the first guy thought, about two seconds after he jumped, but Basil would run me out of town on a rail! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
Jeff

 

[Baz]

I saw those outfits in an 'ACME' catalog.

 

[tomshobby]

I wonder what the people in the cars thought! Is it a bird or a plane, NO ITS CRAZY MAN! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif

 

[DrEntropy]

Controlled CRASH. nuts ain't my first pick for a description, neither. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif

 

[Bugeye58]

Nor was it mine Doc. However, I chose to insure my continued presence on the forum. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
Jeff

 

[cjm]

Kewl.
Of course some may consider that strapping into a cockpit, with 5000hp , and doing a 1/4 mile+ dash is kinda nutz.

 

[aeronca65t]

Impressive!
Looks like fun! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif

 

[Twosheds]

Yep - wonder why so close to the mountains? Does it have something to do with more lift?

Might get more lift, but, from what one of them said, I think they just like to be close to the mountain because it's more fun. Probably gives them a greater feeling of speed.

 

[drooartz]

I liked that in the intro, one guy said they initially went far out, but that "got boring" so now they're right up against the mountain.

Yeah, makes my motorcycling seem downright tame and old fashioned -- and that's just fine by me. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

 

[Basil]

Not for $10 Million dollars!

 

[terriphill]

What was it Woody told Buzz Lightyear? You aren't flying, you're just falling with style.
I'm not sure I have the guts anymore for that type of insanity. Sometimes I miss the invincibility of youth.

 

[Brooklands]

Sometimes I miss the invincibility of youth.

In my youth I was immortal. Now I realize that there was no "T" in that last word...

 

[bugimike]

Hehe, I am reminded of the old quote "When life gets boring...risk it!!" /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif