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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 05:21 AM
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Wheeeeeeee! I can fly!

<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iVvRWVoHDb8" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe>
 
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 05:25 AM
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Sorry I tried to change the title and ended up with a double post of the thread.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 05:30 AM
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Big Brother won't let me watch you tube....I will check it out when I get home
 
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 05:42 AM
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Very Cool!!!

After 18 Bud lights, I feel like I'm doing that, but without the air machine!!
 
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 05:43 AM
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Looks familiar!! lol
 
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 11:02 AM
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I'm about 6'6" and weigh about 250.
They'd have to turn the air up a little faster for that thing to work on me......
 
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 11:27 AM
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Great! That's going straight to the top of my "When I win the lottery" list.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 03:43 PM
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Want me to fix it for ya??
 
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 05:52 PM
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Please do Snowbunny. You can do all you want.
But won't Greywolf and the guys get jealous if you fix it for me?
 
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 07:09 PM
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That looks like fun! You think we could make one of those?....That would be good motovation to get people to go to the FTE meets/events.
That really does look like fun!
 
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 09:11 PM
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Please do Snowbunny. You can do all you want.
But won't Greywolf and the guys get jealous if you fix it for me?
There you go!!! All fixed!!
 
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 09:37 PM
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What's even more fun is jogging past an aircraft engine test cell compound and being lifted up & set down ten feet off the running trail.

Happened to me in '98, good thing it was an Allison Turboshaft out of an E2-C, a GE-110 out of an A+ would have sent me to Santee...
 
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Snowbunny
There you go!!! All fixed!!
Thank You!

More on the flying theme;
<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/15192383?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="225" width="400"></iframe>
Phoenix-Fly Wingsuit Flying: The Need 4 Speed from Phoenix Fly on Vimeo.


(click on the expand screen button for best experience)
 
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Old Jul 14, 2011 | 01:25 AM
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OH I KNOW about "WINGSUITS"

That is a long video if it is any good at all...
 
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Old Jul 14, 2011 | 07:03 AM
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The one I embedded is a 1:39 video.
There are links to some more that run 5 & 6 minutes at the end of it.
I sense that there is a story behind your knowledge.
 
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