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Probably the most crazy man in the world 19-Dec-2011 At 11:13:50 PM J.C.

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I didn't know Dwain personally but from what I can gather having talked to and jumped with a bunch of folks who knew him, he was very very good at what he did (ie. very balls out aerials and LOW openings) but not as accomplished in a wingsuit. it would seem that he was trying to push boundaries in a wingsuit without the flying experience to really understand the suit.
ill spare the chockstone audience my technical observations but in a nutshell he appeared to be flying a high line then sinking towards his proximity line by flying inefficiently, rather than flying an appropriate trajectory from the start. this is never going to work (ive tried to defy basic aerodynamics in exactly the same way myself, approaching atmonauti formations in the sky.. it never works, but i had 10,000ft of air under the formation not a bridge) so he needed to be flying much steeper in the suit with arms swept further back & he needed to plan a much more suitable trajectory from WAY before he got to the bridge

ps. if you have no idea what atmonauti is, its basically flying your body to navigate a route through the sky. heres a few of the sydney boys (and girls) with a mixture of atmo and head down flying at picton recently.. http://vimeo.com/32653205