Parachutist Brianne Thompson demonstrates the necessity of a second chute by destroying the first, in flight, with a shot from a flare gun.
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Miriam Walsh writes:
I’ve seen his guy a few times around Salthill in Galway in the air but last Sunday he was in Renville in Oranmore and I got to see him take off on the clearest day of the year. Pretty decent height for a jet pack and looked very well prepared. Not sure if it is a homemade device or not?
Anyone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72XgTMCcUXE
A recent upload by the Irish Defence Forces.
Captain Ruairí McDermott and Corporal Colin Curran of the Black Knights parachute display team drop from an Air Corps AW139 helicopter into Cathal Brugha barracks in Rathmines last August.
(H/T: John Gallen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbUwSz7gVw8
Somewhere above Ireland.
Dave Davis, of the Irish Parachute Club, writes:
Thought you might think this was pretty cool. This past weekend, we built an 8 way hybrid formation skydive at the Irish Parachute Club. As far as I know, it’s the first one ‘caught on camera’ in Ireland.
Paraglider Gill Scheider teams up with his father’s circus class for a trapeze/juggling/gliding mashup.
First the background, then the awesomes.
Blue Skies.
Another small gem from filmmaker Keith Gordon, who sez:
This is about Irish Parachute Club Instructor Ed De Khors, who tells of his love for skydiving. And how its allure has even driven some to quit their jobs, opting out of marriage/house/kids, to spend their lives jumping out of planes.
Previously from Keith: The Pigeon Man Of Grafton Street
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukepw7RvOnk
The Defence Forces’ Parachute team, the Black Knights descend.
To Bray beachfront from 4,000 feet.
just 2 minutes 55 seconds it takes.
A short film about wingsuit designer Robert Pecnik and the BASE proximity flying team – Need 4 Speed.
Stick around for spectacular footage of human flying squirrels skimming cliff walls and rocky terrain at speeds of over 100mph.
via
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdA1nPINVZw
BASE jumpers Douggs, Carlos and Dario sneak onto the roof of the external elevator of Spain’s tallest hotel, then take the express route back down.