waiting on the ground

The Flight of the Bird Men

For Jari Kuosma and Robert Pecnik, skydiving wasn't enough-they wanted to strap on wings and fly. So what if 96 percent of their predecessors had died in the attempt?

Waiting on the ground for the Twin Otter that'll take them up, Blossom DeRego and Jari Kuosma look like a pair of avant-garde performance artists posing as flamingos, with bizarre flaps of scarlet flowing from their armpits and between their legs. The other skydivers, milling about in skintight ninja suits, look like superheroes. Once aloft at 13,500 feet, though, they all pour from the plane's side door, and suddenly there's no doubt who the superheroes are.

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