skydive with a wingsuit

Forgot to write about this way back when, but about 6 months ago I put about 20 jumps on a Phoenix Fly Acro.

The good: Whoa. Different way of flying altogether. Great for someone like me, who’s light enough that I can float above others, even in an acrobatic suit…but if I want to get down to someone, I can just tuck in the wings & fly dirty. The control range is phenomenal.

That being said, I didn’t go nuts over it like so many friends have. It was a blast, to be sure. But I think I prefer a normal freefall jump. It’s nice to get 2 minutes+ freefall time in a wingsuit, sure…but there’s something strage about it for me – it’s like the jump loses some of its urgency.

Guess I like flying when the pressure’s on. I suppose I could achieve that by getting into some wingsuit big ways, but that’ll be a while.

For now, this discipline’ll likely be a hobby – an enjoyable one – but less of a focus for me.

...’til I’ve passed the threshold where at least a few wingsuit manufacturers will let me demo a wingsuit. Which is not to say that I’ll feel comfortable doing it at that point…but it is an incentive for me to go ahead and knock out the next 50 jumps so I can if I want to. :-)