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ahhhh... the famous 1000th skydive... Someone better have pie ready... or whatever you can get your hands on... Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies

Couple of suggestions... 1. open the competition up! Why only make it for people from Italy? 2. Wait until you've made deals with sponsors before suggesting they're going to provide prizes, but that you haven't heard from them! Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies

Can we have some more details on what happened with that very, very, near miss? Who was it? How did it happen? Were they part of the same jump? If they weren't, were they off course, or was it the two way? Thats some freaking scary shit. Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies

That would be confusing emotion for sheer pain, and relief that 'little macca' hadn't been 'barbed' Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies

I know this is very old, and yes on a search i found it had been posted in the BASE forum over a year ago, but i've only just seen it and there maybe others like me who haven't. Its an animation about a Kiwi, and i wont say any more than that. Don't look at the coments on his page until you've watched the video. I think it's something as wingsuit pilots thats very close to our hearts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs ever so slightly emotional... Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies

The team is! www.myspace.com/BirdManTopGun Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies

Tha J Lo dude is so ghey. I heard he also enjoys quiet nights in with small donkey's... Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies

What i just dont get is how do you make a mistake like that? And how do you think adding it to the least used classified ad's section is going to rectify it? Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies

*Stands up and clears through* Ahem, hello everyone. My names Macca and i'm a wingsuit forum addict. I'm trying really hard to become a Bonfire PW again, but it's just not easy. Thank you *sits back down to the sounds of light clapping* Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies

I was just having a flick through the classifieds and thought i'd have a look and see what people actually put in the personals bit... Under the heading of URGENT NOTICE: URGENT NOTICE: Anyone who bought my book: "A Crash Course in Skydiving" needs to make an important correction. In the second paragraph on page 68, change the words "State your zipcode" to "Pull reserve ripcord." I apologize for any problems this error may have caused. HA HA HA! Now that could be a very entertaining incident report... Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies

Because Laminar Aerofoils DO Exist ? Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies

i noticed in the BPA mag there are two adverts for the same insurance company. Anyone know what it's about? It doesn't mention anywhere on it that it is travel insurance, just that it covers skydiving. Ok, here's the link and had a quick read. It says the anual policy covers you world wide, but their one jump policy is only valid in the UK? http://www.extremeplus.co.uk Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies

To my mind there are only a handful of production blades being jumped at the moment. i can say for sure 2 of those people haven't jumped a V2 yet. It's just too early for the information you asked for. And also, once again, as these questions always end up getting to, you have to remember, it's not just the suit, it's the pilot! Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies

Thanks for the misleading quote This was generic speak about the bigger, higher performance suits, in a worst case scenario. It was not meant in a scare tactic manner, rather just trying to provide more information about what *could* happen if everything went against you on the jump. In my opinion (and yes, just like assholes, we all have one), i think its not a bad idea to get a bit of experience on smaller suits, where the risks of potential problems are reduced, before going out and ordering the highest performance suit you can find. I think everyone should make informed choices about gear. I was just trying to provide some information.

The blade is a very high performance suit aimed at both flocking and acrobatics. In terms of where it sits in the BM range, it is certainly above an S6 in terms of performance and range. The flying position is cerainly different to the S6 with a wider leg stance and slightly different arm positions. The arm wing comes down a lot further than that of S6, but due to the way the wing is cut, the pull is definately no harder than any other big winged performance suit. One thing that i think will catch a lot of people out on flying a blade for the first time is the leg wing that wants to stay inflated due to the airlocks. Come pull time you'll be glad of the practice pulls you did ealier (as we all do on flying a new suit for the first time, dont we ) as its tricky to close down, unless you're used to opening in full flight. There is a lot of range in the suit and it's cerainly great fun to fly. To the person who started this thread, a blade is definately not a suit for someone who thinks they may have 50 w/s jumps before they take delivery. It really does sit right at the top of the BM performance line and if your comparing it to a GTi as if you'll be ok making a couple of jumps to see what it's like, you wont. Trust me. Unless you're used to flying big suits, you wont know what to expect in terms of flight and what could go wrong. If you are not completely in control of the suit, it will totally become in control of you. Sure your example of it being different to an HP canopy may seem true, but what if come pull time you lose control (if not before), get yourself into a very nasty flat spin, pull some serious G's, lose conciousness, cant find your hacky, your AAD fires, your resere spins up into a ball of shit and you impact with minimal canopy above your head. Yes, thats a worst case scenario, but there are definately elements which could be a very real risk when you fly the bigger, high performance suits. Why not make a few more jumps on other suits before trying to go straight for the biggest and seemingly best suits on the market. Learn everything you can on the smaller suits, which can be a bit more forgiving of body poition. Its still wing suit flying. It's still fun! Aside from the possible risk associated with jumping a bigger suit, you'll also not enjoy the bigger suits if you dont know how to fly them. I've seen a lot of people just go straight for the biggest most expensive suit they can because they think its what they need to do. These are generally the people who end up flying at the back of a flock and falling out of the formation. Jump, learn and have fun, thats what its all about

Unless this is just a ploy to make us all happy again... Now i dont know what to beleive.... Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies

DUDE!!! Why, why the hell would you do that? Seriously. Could you not have come up with a better thread title? I've been saving day 6, and now you've already spoiled bits. Grrrrrr!! Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies

you may want to reconsider using his music if you plan to sell or indeed distribute the footage.

Blue Skies Macca HF: 502 Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies

Just come to germany and make a week of jumps from a jet aircraft... Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies

um, dude...? At what point did you think it was a good idea to NOT contact me for something like this?? I'm sure i can find SOMEONE.... Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies

No, but they did stand and watch as i rigged it up. I think they were too scared to say anything incase the nutter (ie me) spoke back.... Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies

I mean... yeah... the 'at work' photos are ok and all... but i think it's really about time someone raised the bar a little... Here's what i did when i got my new suit... Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies

To try and answer some of the questions here: - The Blade will sit at the top of the Bird Man range in terms of performance. It does not replace any particular suit, but instead is to be considered a step up from S6. - It retails at 1200 Euro. This price is inclusive of VAT etc. The only thing on top is shipping, of which there are two price options. If you live in the states, there is a different price, which is of course charged in $. I don't have that price to hand. - In addition to the suit, you also get a "first aid" kit for those accidents that can happen. This contains some extra material, rip stop tape, arm zipper, flight manual and some stickers. We were getting a lot of very positive interest and comments for the Blade over the weekend at the AGM and it was really good to meet all those from here. I look forward to seeing you all again in the skies.

Thats a VERY nice looking suit. Now hurry up post some in air shots