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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mz" data-source="post: 108736" data-attributes="member: 647">Sure, he wants to climb. There's also someone in the Alps flying who claims he has gained altitude with a wingsuit and jets.Jumping from a stationary object is easier than from an airplane, if you have the wingsuit. Or you use a low speed AN-2.This is from 2009 and there's talk about some altitude keeping and even climbing.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn2DZQAHuio<blockquote>[altitude gain?]  This flight- No.Visa posted about his later flights in Facebook: Had a successful rocket test with a sophisticated flightrecording device. Exit alt 1460, got levelflight at 1150m. Lenght over 4 minutes, deploy alt 960m. airspeed around 180 km/h . During 30 seconds I was able to climb 30 m. Test shows that angle of the attac has to be less than 10 degreess and Phoenix-fly wingsuit i...s actually working as a wing and creating lift <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Very happy now</blockquote></blockquote>