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[url] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-18160632 [/url]
[url] http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/16233460 [/url]
I can practically see the landing site from my office...... waiting for a splat noise
not so much land as slow down enough to crash without major pain...
Yeh he said on the breakfast news he'd be hitting the boxes at 55mph 😯
BBC website says he will flare out the wing suit and slow down to 15mph.
edit. unless thats different to the gliding speed in which case it will be around 50mph. ouch
[i]Mr Connery, ...said performing stunts was "his life"[/i]
Hopefully he'll still be saying that afterwards eh.
edit. unless thats different to the gliding speed in which case it will be around 50mph. ouch
Yup 15mph in that direction V and 50mph in that direction ->
Wonder if they could do it with some sort of huge arrester net?
Given the height of some cliff jumps snow boarders and skiers do I have wondered for quite a while of a similar result could be achieved jumping out of a plane onto a steep snowy slope with a big board strapped to your feet. But to actually have the bottle to do something like that !!!!
Hopefully those boxes had a former life carrying loo rolls - he's going to need some after that!
has he done it yet? Sky news said they'd show it at 1300
Sky news said they'd show it at 1300
Sky being sky wont let a small issue of an accident get in the way
The landing strip will be 350ft-long, 40ft-wide and 12ft-deep. If he miscalculates his approach he will have a split second to abort the jump and deploy an [b][u]emergency parachute[/b][/u].
Emergency 'chute. Guy's a p*ssy 😀
[i]13:45 @GaryConnery jump moved back again. Taking off now for a final practice jump #Wingman[/i]
Hopefully those boxes had a former life carrying loo rolls - he's going to need some after that!
Taken care of (27 seconds in) 🙂
sky news update. should be attempting in next 15 mins
BBC News says:
Gary Connery, from Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, was due to attempt the stunt at 13:00 BST but [b]the jump has now been delayed until 15:00[/b]
Why? Really, just why?
Also, I assume that they have removed all of the tins of beans form them.
SKY:
Wingman @garyconnery jump now delayed until about 3pm or 4pm. No problems, just waiting for optimum weather we think.
I'm still a bit surprised that the 18,000 cardboard boxes cost £22,000 quid.
I don't doubt the figure, just would have failed dismally if they were running a guess the cost of the boxes in the field competition.
[i] Take off in 10 minutes [/i]
I'm quite excited about this!
just waiting for optimum weather
looks pretty optimum from where I'm sitting.... get on with it man!
I'm quite excited about this!
Me too! Beats work 😀
isnt there a live stream anywhere? on tinternet?
damn my works IT policy, wont let me install silverlight.
anywhere else?
Breaking news on the Sky web site would suggest it has happened!!!
well that was a bit dull. not that i wanted him to miss the boxes
yes! a safe landing apparently! Well done sir, now do it again.... whilst on fire.
"Now the hard work really starts - we've got to fold all the boxes back up"
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Wow! Is there a video?
Glad I didn't waste the afternoon going down there to watch it now.
You would've felt differently if he'd died?
That's a good question... I'd probably be glad I hadn't witnessed it first hand, wouldn't I?
But still... it's what I'd secretly have wanted to happen.
I was expecting a "Hell yeah!" response 😉
well that was a bit dull. not that i wanted him to miss the boxes
I suspect once all the go-pro footage, multiple camera angles and pumping sound track are mashed together then more people will go wow. As it is people have to rely on their imagination a bit.
Do you want me to edit DeBz?
a higher camera angle would have been better rather than just see him disappear into the boxes
This evening I shall recreate that magnificent feat by pulling a sleeping bag over my head and taking a running jump into the cereal aisle at Tesco.
i have the strangest swooner right now
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Thats insane! I dread to think what Jeb Corliss is going to do about this. He strikes me as somebody who is quite competitive. Maybe he'll do it without the boxes??
tomorrow I will be plotting my next daring challenge
really? do people talk like that outside 50's british war movies?
Thats insane! I dread to think what Jeb Corliss is going to do about this. He strikes me as somebody who is quite competitive. Maybe he'll do it without the boxes??
He will jump off an enormous pile of boxes onto a helicopter. That'll show 'em.
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