Bird Man!
 

Who hasn't dreamed of flying through the sky??

this is different from parachuting because you don't free fall, you actually fly forward, and when you get to a certain altitude, you full the chute.

*pull* the chute

Looks like it would be tough to walk in that outfit.
Was that last one Bird-Elvis? :)

I thought it was the Bird-Pope.

Dont they make them in Grey or Black, with some nice detailed work, like feathers?

You'd probably not want to wear something like that over hunting country....

I think the pics are fake but it's an interesting concept.

I've seen this sort of thing on the Discovery Channel. Specifically, there's some (I believe French?) guy who wears one of these outfits and goes zooming all over. There's even a record for duration and distance of flight from a given jump altitude.

I don't know for a fact that these pics are real, but the freefall/flight concept is absolutely genuine.

go to www.bird-man.com and check it out for yourself

Yep, i also saw that french dude on tv! He' s been doing this for a while now and im sure he still does! He goes by ....miles / hour and .....minutes flying,
Cant remember the specifics anymore and dont wanna try to calculate! ( over here its kilometrs/hour!!)

Still doesn't hold a candle to the original.

http://fox.org/~vince/out/harvey.jpg

OBJECTION!!

Overruled.

Imposters everywhere! :eek:

Wasn't Icarus the original?