Transition from wingsuit formation to Pilatus passenger

[DXB]

I realize there are some pretty good pilots here, but I suspect not many could hang with these two guys 

 

[Danb]

That's insane

[MooneyBob]

Ok. I am going to try it tomorrow. I need volunteer base jumper. Anybody? It will be a little bit harder since the baggage door is a little smaller. 

[gsxrpilot]

That is just COOL! 

[1964-M20E]

cool

 

 

Did you catch the misses at the very beginning of the clip?

 

 

[Yooper Rocketman]

That is friggin crazy!

 

[aviatoreb]

For when base jumping isn't dangerous enough and you gotta think of a way to raise the stakes.

 

[Ned Gravel]

 

1 hour ago, aviatoreb said:

For when base jumping isn't dangerous enough and you gotta think of a way to raise the stakes.

 

Ya, like trying to get close to a Pilatus PC-6 spinning prop at 90 mph and missing it by 8 feet or so.

[Skates97]

Serious formation flying....

[Hank]

11 hours ago, 1964-M20E said:

 

Did you catch the misses at the very beginning of the clip?

There's nothing like practice! Wonder how hard it was to recover after whacking ribs on the door frame and falling outside?

What surprised me was the severe down angle of the plane. Just watching wingsuit videos doesn't give a good feeling for the descent rate, but looking at full flaps and sharp down nose . . . .

[aviatoreb]

1 hour ago, Hank said:

There's nothing like practice! Wonder how hard it was to recover after whacking ribs on the door frame and falling outside?

What surprised me was the severe down angle of the plane. Just watching wingsuit videos doesn't give a good feeling for the descent rate, but looking at full flaps and sharp down nose . . . .

I notice that too.

[Jerry 5TJ]

Perhaps some reverse thrust was required.

[DXB]

6 hours ago, Hank said:

What surprised me was the severe down angle of the plane. Just watching wingsuit videos doesn't give a good feeling for the descent rate, but looking at full flaps and sharp down nose . . . .

The wing suits have a 3:1 glide I’m told.  Somewhere is the gray area between flight and free fall...

[Hank]

6 minutes ago, DXB said:

The wing suits have a 3:1 glide I’m told.  Somewhere is the gray area between flight and free fall...

Wow! That's steep.

[aviatoreb]

45 minutes ago, DXB said:

The wing suits have a 3:1 glide I’m told.  Somewhere is the gray area between flight and free fall...

I just now read it is 2.5:1.

Beats out the flying squirrel - 1.98:1 

https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article/82/4/1026/2372735

Then there are flying snakes.  I have a friend who studies those.

Get back to me red bull when you throw a snake off a mountain and catch it in your pilatus.

[EricJ]

So Goldeneye was totally real?
 

 

[aviatoreb]

49 minutes ago, EricJ said:

So Goldeneye was totally real?
 

 

hah!  Yes!  Even the same model airplane.

[Yooper Rocketman]

On 11/30/2017 at 5:20 AM, Hank said:

There's nothing like practice! Wonder how hard it was to recover after whacking ribs on the door frame and falling outside?

I almost fell out of my chair laughing on that one!!!!

Tom