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    Fly carefully.

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    Link is as dead as the wing suit chappy.

    Sad.

    However he snuffed it doing sommat he enjoyed.

    13 deaths so far this year.

    Maybe I'll give it a miss.

    Must be one of these nutters:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ingsuit_flying

    Judging by the date, it was the late Mark Sutton.
    Originally posted by Wiki

    In August 2013, Mark Sutton and 20 other top wingsuiters were invited to a three-day event in Chamonix, France known as Helibase 74, which was organised by Epic TV, a web TV channel specialising in extreme sports.

    In exchange for video footage of their flights, the website provided accommodations and helicopter access.

    On 14 August 2013, Sutton jumped alongside Tony Uragallo (both equipped with multiple video cameras) in a short "warm-up" flight near Les Grandes Otanes scheduled to last about a minute.

    However, tragedy struck only 20 seconds into the flight; as he jumped from the helicopter at 10,800 feet (3,300 m), travelling at speeds of up to 155 mph (249 km/h), Sutton veered off-course and crashed into a mountain ridge.[5]

    A rescue helicopter arrived soon after Sutton hit the ground, but he was pronounced dead at the scene—Sutton's impact was so severe that a DNA test was required to identify his body, and a spokesperson stated that he had no chance of surviving the impact.

    While Sutton was equipped with a parachute during the flight for landing, it was left unused.

    As part of the investigation, the video footage from Uragallo's cameras were handed over to a Swiss police unit.[1][5]

    An Epic TV spokesperson considered Sutton's death to be an accident, noting that two successful flights with other wingsuiters were held prior, and that they had planned to be "conservative" that day due to the large number of flights planned.

    The remaining participants in the event elected to continue on in honour of Sutton.

    His death was regarded as a major loss to the community of wingsuit flying, among whom he was considered to be one of the world's best.[6][1]

    Among those to pay tribute to Sutton were Sebastian Coe, Gary Connery[7] and Danny Boyle who said that his death was a "huge loss to his profession"
    Last edited by zeitghost; 30 May 2017, 11:21.

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    Rescuers believe Mr Sutton died on impact,
    "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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      #3
      Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
      Yahoo! News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines

      Sad.

      However he snuffed it doing sommat he enjoyed.

      13 deaths so far this year.

      Maybe I'll give it a miss.
      Can you copy & paste a more informative title in your links?
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        #4
        Am a big fan of Jeb Corliss who is a top wingsuit flyer and he had a bad accident on Table Top mountain catching his shin on a rock as he flew by. Talk about close to death. Watching the videos of this guys is just amazing and the onboard footage doesn't do justice to the speeds they do. Awe inspiring indeed but you gotta know some of them are going to come a cropper at some point. I can't see how they can't!

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          #5
          Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
          Am a big fan of Jeb Corliss who is a top wingsuit flyer and he had a bad accident on Table Top mountain catching his shin on a rock as he flew by. Talk about close to death. Watching the videos of this guys is just amazing and the onboard footage doesn't do justice to the speeds they do. Awe inspiring indeed but you gotta know some of them are going to come a cropper at some point. I can't see how they can't!

          I watched that and thought "nutter" if I was doing it I would stay as far away from the ground as possible- absolutely no margin for error but as with most extreme sports the initial buzz no longer satisfies and they start taking chances
          How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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            #6
            Like how the french police are saying his injuries were so bad he had to be identified by DNA but they dont know what caused his death.

            At a guess I'd say hitting the ground hard might have played a part.
            Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!

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