Didn't read the whole thread so I don't know how the extraction plan would be factored in, but this option could've worked out eh?
Don't bother Bobby. I did and I can safely report it isn't worth it. The OP doesn't take well to criticism or anything that counters his original idea. Sheesh!
Yeah I got down to the end of the first page and had to give it up. It was starting to sound like that thread about the Japanese landing ninjas to attack Oahu right after the Pearl Harbor thing. I wanted to skip to the end and post "dude, really" but it's Christmastime and I didn't want to go Scrooge on a newby.
Oh good lord...Robdab's Japanese SNLF(Super Ninja Leap Froggers)! I had forgotten about those. That's going back some years.
I disapprove of this method! They should have a magnetometer and a couple of TSA agents strapped to the wing to anally probe these guys before they enter the aircraft. Safety first. .
Figure the wing suit dude's are doing 86 mph or so (per the video), wouldn't take but a small mistake to seriously ruin your day. No thanks. Gee thanks Alan, I hadn't looked at that thread, now I can't resist. You know how people can't avoid watching a train wreck.
I saw a documentary about a wing suit dude which mentioned an incident where he and a buddy were flying through (yes, through) a suspension bridge. As he went through the bridge he thought he was getting rained on. It turned out his buddy hit one of the cables. What he thought was rain was actually bits and pieces of his buddy. Yuck.
If it is the one I remember, he didn't hit a cable, he hit the bridge... Of course these adrenaline junkies are not carrying 100-150 pounds of military equipment either. My guess would be that they end up like the turkeys from WKRP...
I stand corrected. If the Wiki is correct, he hit a railing on the bridge at about 120 mph. The WKRP Turkey drop has to be one of the best sitcom bits ever.