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Thursday, 24 May 2012
quote [ Gary Connery, 42, a veteran film stuntman, became the first man to leap out of a helicopter and land safely back on earth, without using a parachute. ]
Video and other wingsuit-madness in extended
Video of his jump:
[art] [by IllCom@7:45amGMT] [+7 Hot Pr0n] Jeb Corliss - Grinding the crack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWfph3iNC-k) was already posted here (http://sensibleerection.com/entry.php/85751) by DoctorGeek. Jeb Corliss, who recently broke his legs flying too close Jokke Sommer - Dream Lines Part III If you enjoy this, check out his other vids over at his website http://jokkesommer.com/videos/ |
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CapnSilver
said @ 8:05am GMT on 24th May
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CapnSilver
said @ 8:06am GMT on 24th May
Any landing you can walk away from... |
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DarkShadowRavenDragonGrrl69
said @ 1:20pm GMT on 24th May
[Score:1 Underrated]
Unrelated videogame song. Fucking nerds. Could've at least gone with a DuckTales song if you're such a Capcom fan. |
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Misanthrope
said @ 1:26am GMT on 25th May
It's saved for the credits. |
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blibblob
said @ 3:30pm GMT on 25th May
Nerd used to be a derogatory term. Then it became a compliment and enjoyed widespread use, even spawning a kind of nerd-chic. Now I've started using it like a curse word. |
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gunthar
said @ 8:07am GMT on 24th May
Wtf, he just wanted to play real life version of Angry Birds. I would too, if I had minions build me cardboard box towers. That looks fun! |
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Ankylosaur
said @ 8:50am GMT on 24th May
[Score:5 Funny]
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otherground
said @ 11:59am GMT on 24th May
The windsuit is cheating |
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ethanos
said @ 2:47pm GMT on 24th May
i agree. He should have been naked. And a woman. |
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cb361
said @ 3:03pm GMT on 24th May
You would be attracted to man if he was a naked woman? That's so gaaay, dude! |
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Martin Petticoat III
said @ 7:54pm GMT on 24th May
Your homophobia betrays your foppishness good sir. To be accepted is empowering, and only the strong may empower. Acceptance is strength. Only the weak hide behind the walls of a closed mind. Having said that, a naked woman jumping out of a helicopter would have had an entirely different ending, and one I suspect we'd have found distressful. Be Excellent! |
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Lord Frumpberry
said @ 3:48pm GMT on 25th May
On the contrary, sir, I suggest that you failed to grasp the paticulars of my jest. |
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KingPellinore
said @ 12:43pm GMT on 24th May
Someone needs to edit this music into it: |
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danshyu
said @ 12:53pm GMT on 24th May
Man, he landed on a buncha boxes, what a let down. |
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b
said @ 1:48pm GMT on 24th May
With the boxes to land on, it kind of feels like saying a stuntman landed a jump off a building but p.s., landed on a giant airbag. I mean, I guess this is cool and all, but it seems the landing is impossible without the boxes or something similar, so is it anything other than an extreme stunt? |
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KingPellinore
said @ 2:42pm GMT on 24th May
Of course it's just an extreme stunt. But it's one that hasn't been done before and stunt people tend to take that kind of thing seriously. Besides, what did you expect? He'd just hit the ground at 50mph, tuck and roll and pray for the best? |
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spite48
said @ 3:13pm GMT on 24th May
[Score:1 Underrated]
That is exactly what I expected, because the title wasn't 'Man with wingsuit lands on pile of boxes without parachute' |
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b
said @ 3:56pm GMT on 24th May
No, I didn't expect that he'd tuck and roll at a hundred kph, but splashing down in a pile of boxes is different than a "landing". |
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caretaker
said @ 4:43pm GMT on 24th May
Crashing with style? |
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Philipe the mouse
said @ 7:58pm GMT on 24th May
I would like to see someone land a wingsuit on water ... certainly there's a technological solution that would allow transitioning between appropriate suit types. Maybe more of a buoyant crash suit with detachable wings? |
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KingPellinore
said @ 9:55pm GMT on 24th May
It'd have to also absorb the impact. At 50mph, water's surface tension would make for a nasty impact. |
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Ankylosaur
said @ 12:57am GMT on 25th May
[Score:1 Funny]
If you cover the water's surface with 18,600 cardboard boxes, it might work. |
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theolypse
said @ 11:36am GMT on 26th May
I want them to skip. |
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lilmookieesquire
said @ 5:02pm GMT on 24th May
Grinding the crack. I love how he says "I came extremely close on that one". Shame that wasn't close enough for him in general *cough*. I'd really like to start seeing more tricks in the air though (flips, tumbles, moves) as opposed to just coming as close to the ground as possible. |
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Ankylosaur
said @ 5:14pm GMT on 24th May
[Score:1 Interesting]
Every time I see the wingsuit video I wonder if when you fly that low, is there some sort of ground effect going on where the air pressure between the ground and the wings creates a buffer, making it easier to skim the surface? I mean of course it wouldn't be enough to keep you from hitting the ground, but there could be some push back to make it ever so slightly less dangerous than it looks, or at least provide tactile feedback of how close you're getting. |
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anagramophone
said @ 10:31am GMT on 25th May
fwiw, ground effect is only appreciable at altitudes <= wingspan. |
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theolypse
said @ 11:36am GMT on 26th May
So... close enough a badger could grab you. |
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lalanda
said @ 6:52pm GMT on 24th May
Isn't a wingsuit actually just a parachute? |
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KingPellinore
said @ 6:54pm GMT on 24th May
In the same sense that a waterslide is an elevator. |
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-_-
said @ 8:00pm GMT on 24th May
In the same way that a blender is a helicopter? |
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KingPellinore
said @ 9:25pm GMT on 24th May
In the same way a raven is like a writing desk? |
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CapnSilver
said @ 10:04pm GMT on 24th May
It is nevar put with the wrong end in front |
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downstairsc
said @ 10:12pm GMT on 24th May
Poe wrote on both. |
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mechanical contrivance
said @ 11:47pm GMT on 24th May
They may make some notes, though they are very flat. |
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lalanda
said @ 1:15am GMT on 25th May
[Score:1 Funny]
Both have quills. |
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-_-
said @ 7:47pm GMT on 24th May
The second video in the extended is the most amazing thing (that I will NEVER do) that I have ever seen. Simply amazing ... what a rush the variety of lives is :) |
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damnit
said @ 1:50am GMT on 25th May
So... about that Jeb Corliss crash... he recorded it with his friends. Sorry if this makes your cringe: Here's the interview with Conan (a few weeks?) after the crash: |
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damnit
said @ 2:18am GMT on 25th May
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cb361
said @ 3:53pm GMT on 25th May
If God had intended men to fly he wouldn't have put Richard Branson in charge of it. |
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capncrunch
said @ 2:36am GMT on 25th May
Thought it said without wingsuit and I was amazed. |
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Urzazero
said @ 3:30am GMT on 25th May
Helicopter on the ground, man jumps out = MAN JUMPS OUT OF HELICOPTER WITHOUT A PARACHUTE OR A WINGSUIT! OMG. I loled. |
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ckfahrenheit
said @ 8:23am GMT on 25th May
I'm pretty sure Jeb was implying someone doing a parachute landing on their feet. It'll happen one day. Even an inline-skates landing would count, for now. In the meantime I'd like to see Connery attach toboggan runners to his chest and touch down on a snow slope |
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ckfahrenheit
said @ 8:25am GMT on 25th May
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sua_sponte
said @ 10:05am GMT on 26th May
[Score:1 Funny]
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bltrocker
said @ 2:54pm GMT on 25th May
Fucking white people |
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KingPellinore
said @ 3:01pm GMT on 25th May
It's a fun hobby! |
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bltrocker
said @ 12:54am GMT on 26th May
Yeah. All you need is a ball and a net! Err... wait. You need an expensive gliding suit. You need enough money to travel to elevated locales or pay someone to fly you thousands of feet into the air. You need to have a pension for life-or-death close calls fueled by an increased sense of boredom with life. Screw that. I'll be doing work/hobbies that are fun, productive, relatively cheap, and relatively safe. |
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theolypse
said @ 11:38am GMT on 26th May
Penchant. A pension is for when you disable yourself. |
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nuc
said @ 4:31pm GMT on 26th May
I think he was trying to say that fucking white people was a fun hobby |
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