I have been talking to Jarno former member of the TopGun team, about leading a formation in a canopy. We tried it in Castellon when we had our first TopGun training tour over Christmas 2 years ago. That time we sucked big time I was flying a Velocity 103 and Jarno was flying the blade prototype. But with the suit technology from back then it was not possible. We tried it out again this year with the new Blade and a Velocity 90 and now we got much closer.
Costyn van Dongen and Jarno exit slightly after me, and fly their wingsuit's down to the canopy. Costyn sadly misjudged the approach (accidently thinking the canopy was flying the other way), but managed to get some nice shots on Jarno's approach (trailing smoke). The flyby in this video is real speed (no slowmo). There was a vertical speed difference of around 15 mph between the two. The wingsuit flaring down to 31 mph at the point of the canopy pass, the canopy doing a steady 19 mph.
I know Jeb and luigi have done it already but in a vx39 that's not accessible to others than luigi.
We want to do it with a canopy that's accessible to all experienced jumpers and the skill of good wingsuit pilots. As soon as. I get my new canopy from PD I will get together with Jarno again and try it out with today's skills and equipment. Hopefully then we will be able to fly side by side.
