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Postby ozzy72 » Wed Apr 17, 2013 1:26 pm

This is properly mad 8)

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/wor ... 40637.html
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Re: Flying without a plane

Postby CHUCK79 » Wed Apr 17, 2013 1:46 pm

:shock: :shock: :shock: ....wow.....
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Re: Flying without a plane

Postby Fozzer » Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:01 pm

CHUCK79 wrote::shock: :shock: :shock: ....wow.....


No more difficult than Ozzy flying between the support wire ropes of the Golden Gate bridge, inverted, in a Mk XII Spitrfire, I suspect?.. ;) ...!


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Re: Flying without a plane

Postby ozzy72 » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:47 am

The XII was Griffon engined. Please don't swear at me Fozzer :lol:
Now a Mk V or IX is another story.....
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Re: Flying without a plane

Postby Fozzer » Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:38 am

ozzy72 wrote:The XII was Griffon engined. Please don't swear at me Fozzer :lol:
Now a Mk V or IX is another story.....


..Opppsss!.... :( ...!

Sorry, Mark!... :roll: ....

The only "Spitfire" I am familiar with...>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSA_Spitfire


Paul.....BSA 650cc Twin, Super Rocket...Fond memories...... ;) ...!
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Re: Flying without a plane

Postby Apex » Fri Apr 19, 2013 11:59 am

I've seen this sort of thing before a long time ago on some TV thing, it's real allright, but I'd be curious to know how he landed. Safely, I assume, but how?
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Re: Flying without a plane

Postby JP » Fri Apr 19, 2013 3:54 pm

They land by deploying a parachute. ;)
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Re: Flying without a plane

Postby CHUCK79 » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:29 pm

JP wrote:They land by deploying a parachute. ;)


Not all the time :lol: :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRB-woVjlFY


Here's an awesome compilation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7e1qIsO ... =endscreen
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Re: Flying without a plane

Postby beaky » Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:38 pm

It's only marginally more dangerous than the usual wingsuit mountain-flying. In other words, so far to the right on the "danger scale" that the difference hardly matters. :D
I'd like to try the "squirrel suit" thing, but first I'd want to make sure I'm a competent skydiver.
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Re: Flying without a plane

Postby Fozzer » Mon Apr 22, 2013 2:30 am

I look out of my bedroom window, and always decide that I am much too far from the ground, for comfort... ;) ...!

Paul...Terra Firma is good for walking!... :mrgreen: ...!
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