Firstly, how long do you think it will be before flyers can safely land their wingsuits without the use of a parachute? I am aware Gary Connery has completed this feat, but I mean as regular method for landing. Are there people who are actively working to bring this practice to mainstream wingsuiting? I read an article after Ludovic Woerth’s death that stated, “before he died, Woerth was working on a device, a kind of airbag shock-absorber worn on the belly, which he hoped would avoid the need for a parachute.” Do you know anything about this or any other technologies being produced for the same goal?
Secondly, where do you see proximity flying in 5 years from now? First flyers were trying to fly away from the object, and then next to it, now they’re carving mountain tops and flying merely meters off the ground! What’s next!?
Love your work Tony. I hope this isn't too late :S
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Tony, thanks for doing an ama!
Firstly, how long do you think it will be before flyers can safely land their wingsuits without the use of a parachute? I am aware Gary Connery has completed this feat, but I mean as regular method for landing. Are there people who are actively working to bring this practice to mainstream wingsuiting? I read an article after Ludovic Woerth’s death that stated, “before he died, Woerth was working on a device, a kind of airbag shock-absorber worn on the belly, which he hoped would avoid the need for a parachute.” Do you know anything about this or any other technologies being produced for the same goal?
Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ludovic-woerth-one-of-the-worlds-bestknown-wingsuit-divers-and-base-jumpers-who-recorded-his-colleagues-exploits-for-posterity-9318472.html
Secondly, where do you see proximity flying in 5 years from now? First flyers were trying to fly away from the object, and then next to it, now they’re carving mountain tops and flying merely meters off the ground! What’s next!?
Love your work Tony. I hope this isn't too late :S
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