PDA

View Full Version : New World Record Wing Jump

JJ_BPK
05-04-2010, 18:14
ATLUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. (April 16, 2010) -- As excitement grew, Staff
Sgt. Ben Borger soared through the gleaming blue skies over the fields of
Altus Air Force Base, breaking the current world record for the distance
flown in a wing suit flight.

http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/04/16/37533-soldier-sets-wing-suit-world-record

6 minutes 35 seconds

11.51 miles traversed from the planes path

32,000 feet up

45 degrees below zero

This is an E ticket ride...

Watch when he exits,, He actually flies above the planes tail boom,, The plane did not go into a dive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS6p6sgwElI


Enjoy,, I did..

:lifter:D:lifter
ZonieDiver
05-04-2010, 18:16
This is an E ticket ride...

You may have to 'splain that for the younger folks! :D
JJ_BPK
05-04-2010, 18:26
This is an E ticket ride...

This is FOG talk for FUN.. :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_ticket

I didn't realize it's been 26 yrs since the last E ticket was issued??? :eek:
Richard
05-04-2010, 20:28
ATLUS AFB

Ain't no such place. ;)

Richard's $.02 :munchin
SF_BHT
05-04-2010, 20:52
Ain't no such place. ;)

Richard's $.02 :munchin

I had never heard of it also but here it is:
http://www.altus.af.mil/

Hidden in OK, GoogleEarth is scarry,,,,,
The Reaper
05-04-2010, 21:12
I had never heard of it also but here it is:
http://www.altus.af.mil/

Hidden in OK, GoogleEarth is scarry,,,,,

Typo joke, you missed it.

TR
Paslode
05-04-2010, 21:37
That is neat! Does anyone know if the Golden Knights perform with the wing at the air shows?
ZonieDiver
05-04-2010, 21:40
Quote:
ATLUS AFB

Ain't no such place.

I had never heard of it also but here it is:
http://www.altus.af.mil/


Dyslexia's a bitch! :D
tst43
05-05-2010, 12:09
The jumper kind of looks like Batman with that suit. He must have had great difficulty getting that tight suit on over that giant pair of brass ones he no doubt has for making that jump/flight. At the risk of sounding like an idiot, I always find myself in awe of HALO jumpers.
JJ_BPK
05-05-2010, 13:45
That is neat! Does anyone know if the Golden Knights perform with the wing at the air shows?

You can reach the KN's on FB or their web page. Their schedule is posted, but may not have some of the small jump-ins listed.

I suspect that the wing is not park of the normal show, as it would be hard to see them coming from 5-10 miles away..

http://www.usarec.army.mil/hq/goldenknights
Papa Zero Three
05-05-2010, 14:18
That is neat! Does anyone know if the Golden Knights perform with the wing at the air shows?


Yes, SSG. Borger flies his wingsuit during some of the airshows his team participates in.
Utah Bob
05-05-2010, 15:17
You can reach the KN's on FB or their web page. Their schedule is posted, but may not have some of the small jump-ins listed.

I suspect that the wing is not park of the normal show, as it would be hard to see them coming from 5-10 miles away..


http://www.usarec.army.mil/hq/goldenknights


True, but when they got there YEEEHAAA!:D