Visa Parviainen achieves horizontal flight.

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OK so this could be a wingsuit forum thingy but given the significance of this feat perhaps it belongs in the General's office.


Now that Visa Parviainen has achieved horizontal wingsuit flight perhaps the biggest hurdle to landing a wingsuit has been overcome.

Is this guy the first person to achieve horizontal flight.
I had heard that some-one in a Skyray had already done this but unpowered.

Now that Visa's done this with motors on what's next?

Perhaps unpowered wingsuits will one day become as old hat as round parachutes or skydivers strapping on weights. to fall faster.

Being a skinny drawn-out piece of escaped bean-stalk is gonna be a distinct advantage when we all strap on those motors and get ourselves up to height.

Good on you Visa Parviainen.

[IanHarrop 43]

Watch the video

http://www.bird-man.com/?n=windtunnel&nose=6

"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

[ltdiver 3]

Wow.

ltdiver

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

[TomAiello 26]

Thread in wingsuit forum here.

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Is this guy the first person to achieve horizontal flight.
I had heard that some-one in a Skyray had already done this but unpowered.

The person you are thinking of is probably Yves Rossy who made the first powered flights under his semi-fixed (it's folding, see his web site for more details) wing on June 24th, 2004, achieving horizontal flight for around 4 minutes.

-- Tom Aiello

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[airtwardo 7]

As Will Smith said~

"I have GOT to me one of THESE!!!"

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

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in reply to "The person you are thinking of is probably Yves Rossy who made the first powered flights under his semi-fixed (it's folding, see his web site for more details) wing Yep Jetman got horizontal under his powered wing."

I suppose I could have cllarified it with "Is this guy the first person to achieve horizontal flight IN A WINGSUIT."

Good on Yves for such an effort but I was referring to a report that an unpowered SkyRay got horizontal for a short while out of a zooming flare.

Has the SkyRay had motors added to it yet????

[bodypilot90 0]

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"I have GOT to me one of THESE!!!"

or sure, How about jet powered crw

anyone have information on those engines?

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inreply to "anyone have information on those engines? "..................................

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