New wingwalking style...

[BuckyD]

"New wingwalking style"...

Check out this link (& scroll down the page to the videolink):

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1265891/Hold-think-youre-going-Skydiver-grabs-gliders-tail-fin-fly-2-100-metres-100mph.html

- I know Kenny Price Jr. & Leo will appreciate this one!

DBD

(P.S. Apologies if this item's been posted on this board previously. -DBD)

[deepsky]

Re: New wingwalking style...

Old hat Bucky! Leo was doing that without a chute long ago!!

[Leo]

Re: New wingwalking style...

That's how I bumped my head so many times...
See, you get the skydiver to pay the cost of the tow.

Most of the comments in the article were about flying upside down being so unbelievable in a sailplane. It's just an airplane! I would like to see what inputs and speeds were required to keep wings level with all that drag and weight out on one wing, and what the sink rate was. That pilot seems to be concentrating mighty hard!