Wing-mounted flight is divided into high-altitude wing-mounted flight and low-altitude wing-mounted flight.
Xinhua News Agency, Changsha, May 20th: the last jump-the dream and awe carried by wing-mounted flight
yuan Ruting Wang Yuyi around Xinhua News Agency reporter Ruan
someone said, it round the dream of human being flying freely, making people have “wings”; Some people say that it is the most dangerous extreme sport in the world, and the cost is vivid.
A few days ago, the last jump in the life of a young girl made wing flight enter more people’s vision. People feel sad and also try to understand the magic, danger and the story behind this extreme sport.
“Most people see the news, not the sport itself.” After the tragedy, a professional wing-mounted pilot said.
Last Jump: The Umbrella bag of the wrecked girl was not opened
On the morning of the 18th, the female wing-mounted pilot who had lost contact in Tianmenshan scenic spot in Zhangjiajie city, Hunan province was found in a dense forest below the north side of Tianmenshan okho peak, no vital signs.
Zhou Shijian, director of Tianmenshan National Forest Park Management Office, told the reporter that the landing site was inaccessible and the search and rescue personnel arrived after two hours of climbing.
On the 12th, a cultural media company in Beijing shot a documentary about extreme sports in the Tianmenshan scenic spot of Zhangjiajie. At 11:19 on the same day, two wing-mounted pilots who participated in the shooting jumped from a helicopter with a flight height of about 2500 meters to fly high-altitude wing-mounted pilots, the wrecked female wing pilot deviated from the planned route during the flight, resulting in the loss of contact.
The exposed video shows that after she jumped from the helicopter, she began to fly high-altitude wings according to the set route. When the photographer jumped out and followed the flight, she found that her flight route obviously deviated and dropped hundreds of meters sharply in an abnormal flight posture, leaving the photographer’s sight and shooting range.
During the loss of contact, the joint search and rescue team searched for several days in the cliffs and forests. However, due to the loss of the wing, the pilot did not carry GPS walkie-talkie and other equipment, plus continuous rainfall, the mountain was covered with heavy clouds, low visibility and steep and complex terrain bring difficulties to the search and rescue work.
After later confirmation, the parachute package of the female pilot was not opened. The height of the body was found at about 900 meters above sea level, and the linear distance was about 2000 meters from the position where the body jumped on the air helicopter, and the relative drop was about 1600 meters.
It is understood that this female pilot had experienced hundreds of wing-mounted flights and skydiving experience after systematic wing-mounted flight professional training abroad.
Wing-mounted flight: extreme sports carry the dream of flying
People who have seen this sport with their own eyes will sweat in their palms-the fliers wear wing-mounted, jump, fly without power, then open the parachute and land.
Wing-mounted flight is divided into high-altitude wing-mounted flight and low-altitude wing-mounted flight. The former takes off from a plane about 4200 meters high, while the latter takes off from cliffs, bridges and other places. All air movements during flight can be completed by adjusting body posture, including acceleration, deceleration, turning, etc.
During the high-altitude wing-mounted flight, the flier carried two parachute systems, main parachute and vice umbrella. When finally preparing to land, the height of the open parachute was about 1000 meters. However, in low-altitude wing-mounted flight, the take-off point is not fixed, the flier only uses one parachute, and the umbrella opening height can be as low as 150 meters from the ground. Due to the complex scene, the most likely risk is the flight path deviation and sudden encounter obstacles, so the difficulty is higher than that of high-altitude wing flight.
In 2011, Jeb Collis, the world’s top wing-mounted flying expert from the United States, jumped from an altitude of 2000 meters and successfully flew through the Tianmen Cave, becoming the first wing-mounted “flying man” in the world to cross the Tianmen Cave “.
His jump brought the wing-mounted flight into China.
This extreme sport, which realizes the dream of human flying, is also considered by some as the closest to death: in 2011, 32-year-old Canadian “flying man” Michael Angar was killed in an accident in California, USA; in 2013, 41-year-old Mark Sutton jumped off a helicopter in a wing at the border between Switzerland and France in the Alps. In 2013, victor covac, a Hungarian wing flight athlete who had won many honors, was killed during the test flight in Tianmen Mountain……
Break Through yourself: flying freely needs more awe
no one can easily realize “flying freely like a bird”.
Extreme sports have extremely high requirements on participants’ physical fitness and technology, and require long-term and systematic professional training.
Zhang Shupeng, the first Chinese player to appear in the wing-mounted Flying World Championship and the Saiyan army who once won the target of the wing-mounted Flying World Championship, told reporters that he had become a professional wing-mounted pilot, in the early stage, we had to go through the training of skydiving. “only after 200 jumps can we learn to fly high-altitude wings.” After accumulating 100 times of high-altitude wing-mounted flight experience and 400 times of high-altitude skydiving and high-altitude wing-mounted flight, you can learn base jumping. After accumulating another 100 times of experience base jumping, only then can we learn to fly with low wings.
Before engaging in wing-mounted flight, Zhang Shupeng was a member of the paraglider national team and won the paraglider World Championship. He completed more than 15000 flights in 11 years. In Zhangjiajie Tianmenshan Mountain, he has completed more than 1060 wing-mounted flights.
The reporter learned that before a wing-mounted flight, the fliers should ensure that the equipment they carry is complete and the functions are normal. The inspection equipment process before the flight is essential, it is usually checked three times-when getting the equipment, before boarding and before taking off. Low-altitude wing-mounted flight equipment mainly includes appropriate wing-mounted flight suit, parachutes, helmets and auxiliary equipment such as altimeter, GPS walkie-talkie, etc. On this basis, high-altitude wings are equipped with a height alarm in addition to adding additional spare umbrellas. Pilots usually put the set alarm in the helmet. Once the uncontrollable height that needs attention is reached, the alarm will sound and remind.
In fact, in some Chinese “post-90s” or even “post-00s” groups, extreme sports are becoming more and more popular. “It is a good thing that more people participate in the movement of breaking through themselves and surpassing themselves.” Zhang Shupeng said, “at the same time, it is necessary to fully estimate the danger, and all aspects must be fully prepared to better control extreme sports. While loving extreme sports, you should also be in awe of life and rules.”