# Wingsuit video **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-video/485423 "2009-02-11T20:57:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-video/485423/1 "2009-02-11T20:57:04Z")
Oh. My. God. [Wingsuits in Norway.](http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1778399&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen) I have to try one of these… ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-video/485423/2 "2009-02-11T22:26:00Z")
Looks useful for fighting crime. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-video/485423/3 "2009-02-12T00:03:25Z")
We did this [about a month ago](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=500085&highlight=wingsuit). ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-video/485423/4 "2009-02-12T01:27:02Z")
My apologies; I missed it totally. Wait - you mean you did the thread, right? If you mean that you got to fly in the wingsuit, I’m about to explode out of pure, unmitigated jealousy. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-video/485423/5 "2009-02-12T02:13:16Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > you mean you did the thread, right? Right - the thread. I used to be a skydiver, but gave it up well before this sort of thing was developed. Not that I’m not tempted. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-video/485423/6 "2009-02-12T10:34:19Z")
**Le Ministre de l’au-delà** : I don’t care that it was a repeat; I missed it the first time. Thank you! That was _truly_ awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-video/485423/7 "2009-02-12T11:53:35Z")
Damn. Watching that, I have to wonder: if you jumped with one of those and then realised you’d forgotten your parachute, would it be possible to guide yourself to a survivable landing? ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-video/485423/8 "2009-02-12T12:08:11Z")
At the speeds they seem to be going, maybe you could survive if you hit water just right, maybe. But hit it too hard and too directly and you’d probably just drown. Land would most likely involve broken bones and blood loss. But I guess people have survived some pretty amazing falls before… Personally, I would not go anywhere near one of those things. I see all those rocks and I just know I would be splattered against all of them. ---
**Author:** ![\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/eada6e/32.png) [@\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Undecided_Adrian)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-video/485423/9 "2009-02-12T12:23:22Z")
At least one guy is [seriously planning to land with one](http://www.gofastsports.com/zone/wingsuit.html), I think on a steep incline similar to ski jumpers. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-video/485423/10 "2009-02-12T12:28:21Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > Damn. Watching that, I have to wonder: if you jumped with one of those and then realised you’d forgotten your parachute, would it be possible to guide yourself to a survivable landing? I wonder if you could put yourself into a stall, 10 feet above the ground or something? ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-video/485423/11 "2009-02-12T13:16:46Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > I wonder if you could put yourself into a stall, 10 feet above the ground or something? Possibly - but even if you can bring your vertical speed to zero, a horizontal speed on the order of 100 ft/second is likely to be hard on your poor pink body. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-video/485423/12 "2009-02-12T19:49:35Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > Possibly - but even if you can bring your vertical speed to zero, a horizontal speed on the order of 100 ft/second is likely to be hard on your poor pink body. But if you were prepared… ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-video/485423/13 "2009-02-12T19:59:31Z")
First thought: Wheee! Second thought: Who’s going to pick up all those skis? Third thought: Who cares? Wheeee! ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-video/485423/14 "2009-02-12T20:53:12Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > Possibly - but even if you can bring your vertical speed to zero, a horizontal speed on the order of 100 ft/second is likely to be hard on your poor pink body. It would probably be hard on my poor brown body also, but I digress. That was awesome, it’s a shame my fear of becoming a broken mangled heap keeps me from trying all kinds of incredible things.