BMI Check List

WARNING

BIRDMAN® Instructors check list is made for BIRDMAN® Instructors to provide an easy to follow step-by-step Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) instructing first time skyflyers for their first wingsuit flight. THIS CHECK LIST IS NOT A COMPLETE FIRST FLIGHT COURSE AND SHOULD NOT REPLACE ONE GIVEN BY A CERTIFIED BIRDMAN INSTRUCTOR. (You can find a list from here)

This check list does not teach you how to be a better wingsuit pilot. Training and experience is required to operate and fly BIRDMAN® wingsuits.

Just like reading an aircraft’s check list does not make you a pilot – READING THIS CHECK LIST DOES NOT MAKE YOU A WINGSUIT PILOT.

Birdman Instructor’s Check List

This check list is meant for the trained BIRDMAN Instructors only. It is not a complete First Flight Course and should not be used as one.

1. Confirms that student meets minimum experience and currency requirements.
2. Confirms that student has recommended equipment
3. Correct wingsuit (fit and type)
4. Main parachute
5. Deployment method
6. Altimeter. Properly assembles suit onto student´s rig and helps wear the equipment
7. Equipment checks, wings, zippers, altimeter
8. Flight Plan and Training Sequence.
9. Shows flight plan from drawing or map, at same time explaining how training will proceed
10. Shows/explains handle placement and pull sequence
11. Main handle location
12. Cutaway handle location
13. Arm release handles (and LQRS if installed)
14. Aircraft boarding sequence: Usually boards first, jumps last
15. Wings need not be zipped (aircraft depending)
16. Zip into legs as soon as possible once seated
17. Make sure pilot (or manifest) knows there are wingsuit jumpers on board
18. Zip into arms near jump run and get a suit/gear check
19. EMERGENCY EXIT techniques – exit for specific aircraft type
20. Check spot
21. Door position (both for the student and the BMI)
22. Exit count (ready, set, fly)
23. Arch into relative wind
24. Head high, eyes up to plane. Recovery from instability
25. Relax and arch
26. Roll out of bed technique
27. Side spin recovery by balling up and cutting away the wings
28. Check altitude. Turning technique 90 degrees from the flight line
29. Explains how to turn
30. Check altitude. Locate (spots oneself). Practice touch sequence
31. Relax and arch
32. Close leg wing until knees and heels are LOCKED
33. Reach behind to BOC with both arms symmetrically
34. Hold 2 sec. Repeat until comfortable
35. Return in opposite order (open arm wings, then legs)
36. Second 90 degree turn parallel to flight line
37. Check altitude
38. Turn
39. Locate. Body position for the wingsuit 1-2-3
40. One: Arms, carved out, same level with body, hands holding grippers or fingers pointing towards toes.
41. Two: Hips, body extended and straight
42. Three: Legs, pointed and straight, shoulder width apart
43. Simulate wind resistance on arm and leg wings
44. Perform body position drill both standing and laying down
45. Hand signals for body position and attention
46. Arms (like AFF, then demonstrate yourself)
47. Hips (thumb up to signify desired effect)
48. Legs (two fingers extended, then point your own legs out)
49. Check altitude & Locate. (AFF type circle of awareness signal)
50. Direction (point with open hand to the direction you want to fly)
51. Pull (one index finger pointed at student, used when too far or too low). Discuss 3D awareness
52. Vertical. Altitude awareness during entire flight
53. Horizontal. Responsibility to spot and take corrective action if necessary.
54. 3-D. Other birdmen, parachutes, clouds, aircraft.
55. Personal responsibility to navigate back to DZ (if you see the rest of the flock going one way, FOLLOW THEM!). Collision avoidance, fall rate and flying techniques. Basic fall rate and flying techniques.
56. Arch to go down
57. De-arch to come up
58. Side slide, don´t turn entire torso in direction of another flier, EVER! Wave-off and PULL 1700 m / 5500 ft.
59. RELAX and pick a point in horizon
60. Wave-off, three heel clicks
61. LOCK knees and heels on third
62. REACH symmetrically with both hands to your B.O.C
63. THROW your PC using both hands symmetrically
64. CLOSE both arms, reach main lift web or risers
65. PRACTICE until fluent without thought post-deployment
66. Legs locked until landable parachute
67. Locate
68. Unzip arm zippers all the way up using thumb loops or grippers to hold tension
69. Unzip legs
70. Un-stow breaks
71. Practice until smooth. S.O.P for BIRD-MAN wingsuits in case of malfunction
72. Recognize type of malfunction
73. Legs stay locked and closed throughout the sequence
74. Stay altitude aware
75. Line Twists -> Free arms and leg (if l.q.r.s.) and kick until out
76. Total -> Standard Emergency procedure legs closed
77. Zipper jam -> Cut away the wing. Walk through the flight plan
78. Together
79. Solo
80. Real time until smooth Flight plan
81. Aerial Map, Drawing, Boarding
82. Order, gear check EXIT
83. Spot
84. Exit performance. Corrective hand signals if necessary. Flies within close proximity
85. Is aware of the environment and the student the entire jump.
86. Gives correct feedback / debrief and corrective training if necessary.
87. Signs log book correctly.

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