Flying without a plane
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 1:26 pm
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Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 1:26 pmRe: Flying without a plane
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 1:46 pm ....wow.....Re: Flying without a plane
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:01 pmCHUCK79 wrote::shock:
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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Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:47 amThe XII was Griffon engined. Please don't swear at me Fozzer 
Now a Mk V or IX is another story.....
Now a Mk V or IX is another story.....
Re: Flying without a plane
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:38 amozzy72 wrote:The XII was Griffon engined. Please don't swear at me Fozzer
Now a Mk V or IX is another story.....
..Opppsss!....
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....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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Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 11:59 amI'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?
Re: Flying without a plane
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 3:54 pmThey land by deploying a parachute.
Re: Flying without a plane
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:29 pmJP wrote:They land by deploying a parachute.
Not all the time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRB-woVjlFY
Here's an awesome compilation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7e1qIsO ... =endscreen
Re: Flying without a plane
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:38 pmIt'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. 
I'd like to try the "squirrel suit" thing, but first I'd want to make sure I'm a competent skydiver.
I'd like to try the "squirrel suit" thing, but first I'd want to make sure I'm a competent skydiver.
Re: Flying without a plane
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 2:30 amI 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!...
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...!Paul...Terra Firma is good for walking!...
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