Bushfiva
This is obviously a very high risk sport but looking at our own I could put up tragic videos of nasty crashes with loss of life at Air displays or the recent awful air racing crash in the USA.
I am sure to that the regular GA fatals would make for gruesome watching if such videos existed.
Every sport has risks from Horse riding to my hobby Scuba Diving which claims more lives every year than we want to know.
It would be interesting to see sport risk data as I am sure base jumping must be one of the highest.
You still have to admire their (guts) courage and I am sure they are aware of the very high price to pay for the smallest mistake as your video link shows.
Addendum
Looking at that very sad clip it is apparent that he arched quite considerably to extend and adjust his glide angle.
If these suits are wing shaped and do create lift I wonder whether he in fact high speed stalled the thing thus hitting the bridge?
Pace
Last edited by Pace; 11th Aug 2012 at 12:16.