Bremont Watch Company will be supporting Henley-based stunt man, Gary Connery, in his biggest stunt yet. In April 2012 Gary plans to set a new world record in being the first man ever to jump out of a helicopter with a wingsuit and land without deploying a parachute.
Next month Connery will realize a lifelong ambition of jumping from a helicopter 2,400ft above the height of the box rig over Ridge Wood to the ENE of Henley on Thames. Gary will drop for 3 seconds before his suit starts to fly. He will then accelerate to approximately 80mph. He will get into his tried and tested best glide position where the speed will decrease to 60 mph forward speed with a 22mph vertical descent rate. The whole flight should last about 50 seconds and will come to an end with Gary landing on a box rig.
“I am excited and overwhelmed at the prospect of sticking a new post in the runway of aviation history. I am 100% confident of my abilities/methods to achieve this landing on what will become a historic day,” said Connery. “I am very pleased to be working with Bremont on this as we very much share the same principles; everything to do with this jump is about precision and timing. Working with the manufacture Tonysuits we have only now been able to develop the wingsuit technology to be able to do this jump. At this current pace of development the possibilities of future wing suit design will change the world of aviation.”
Gary has personally helped in developing the suit, which will be used for the flight in
April, making it a first of its kind from a technical point of view. Typically these suits are designed to fly as fast as possible but Gary is engineering a suit that will enable him to fly at slightly slower speeds thus enabling him to land without a parachute.
Bremont is very excited to be supporting Gary in accomplishing this remarkable feat. Not only will he be a fantastic ambassador for the brand in testing the timepieces ‘beyond endurance’ in the field but the aviation link is also particularly fitting.
http://iwmagazine.com/2012/03/02/bremont-supports-its-wingman/
Using this:
http://www.tonywingsuits.com/apache.html
Into this:
box rig n. [bäks rig] a box rig can substitute for a stunt pit. It can also be used to catch objects. The way a box rig is constructed is by using several cardboard moving boxes that are stacked and aligned in rows, X wide by X long by X tall. To keep the boxes from shifting but without making the box rig too rigid of a structure, they’re wrapped together with plastic wrap. Like the kind used to wrap pallets (think saran wrap). The cardboard boxes crush or give way upon impact allowing the objects to safely stop. Box rigs are affordable and a low-tech solution. Interesting factoid; box rigs are great for catching cars that need to be flipped upside down without being severely damaged. The boxes cushion the vehicle upon impact. Yes, enough boxes that are properly stacked can safely catch a full size car or truck.
http://www.richmondstunts.com/glossary/
Likely end of May. http://www.alt1tude.com/forum/showthread.php?548-The-Bremont-Wingman-An-update-on-the-jump
Next month Connery will realize a lifelong ambition of jumping from a helicopter 2,400ft above the height of the box rig over Ridge Wood to the ENE of Henley on Thames. Gary will drop for 3 seconds before his suit starts to fly. He will then accelerate to approximately 80mph. He will get into his tried and tested best glide position where the speed will decrease to 60 mph forward speed with a 22mph vertical descent rate. The whole flight should last about 50 seconds and will come to an end with Gary landing on a box rig.
“I am excited and overwhelmed at the prospect of sticking a new post in the runway of aviation history. I am 100% confident of my abilities/methods to achieve this landing on what will become a historic day,” said Connery. “I am very pleased to be working with Bremont on this as we very much share the same principles; everything to do with this jump is about precision and timing. Working with the manufacture Tonysuits we have only now been able to develop the wingsuit technology to be able to do this jump. At this current pace of development the possibilities of future wing suit design will change the world of aviation.”
Gary has personally helped in developing the suit, which will be used for the flight in
April, making it a first of its kind from a technical point of view. Typically these suits are designed to fly as fast as possible but Gary is engineering a suit that will enable him to fly at slightly slower speeds thus enabling him to land without a parachute.
Bremont is very excited to be supporting Gary in accomplishing this remarkable feat. Not only will he be a fantastic ambassador for the brand in testing the timepieces ‘beyond endurance’ in the field but the aviation link is also particularly fitting.
http://iwmagazine.com/2012/03/02/bremont-supports-its-wingman/
Using this:
http://www.tonywingsuits.com/apache.html
Into this:
box rig n. [bäks rig] a box rig can substitute for a stunt pit. It can also be used to catch objects. The way a box rig is constructed is by using several cardboard moving boxes that are stacked and aligned in rows, X wide by X long by X tall. To keep the boxes from shifting but without making the box rig too rigid of a structure, they’re wrapped together with plastic wrap. Like the kind used to wrap pallets (think saran wrap). The cardboard boxes crush or give way upon impact allowing the objects to safely stop. Box rigs are affordable and a low-tech solution. Interesting factoid; box rigs are great for catching cars that need to be flipped upside down without being severely damaged. The boxes cushion the vehicle upon impact. Yes, enough boxes that are properly stacked can safely catch a full size car or truck.
http://www.richmondstunts.com/glossary/
Likely end of May. http://www.alt1tude.com/forum/showthread.php?548-The-Bremont-Wingman-An-update-on-the-jump
