I was shaking inside the plane during my first ever flight and was so afraid to look down the window. This man sitting on a chair and flying 17500 feet is just incredible.
I'm having a genuinely hard time processing what I just watched. I watch all kinds of crazy things on RUclips, and I don't think I've ever seen anything more amazing than this.
Way to go! I am 72 and have filled up my bucket list. I’ve jumped, dived and traveled around the world. Live in up kids, your running out of time. Work hard, play hard, don’t hurt others. If you have no regrets when you get old, you did it right. Even death, is another adventure. Thanks world!
We've BEEN living in an era where people can do this for a while. With potential restrictions on gas-powered vehicles and people losing their minds about balloons, who knows what the future holds.
@@strawdawgs78why couldn't the fan be powered by battery? Also I've never heard someone get mad about balloons, but maybe that's a cultural difference.
@@Rachel59435I think that was a shot at the Chinese spy balloons. Imagine our boy here cruising on his paramotor and a sidewinder cuts in and takes him out.
Chucky, this video blew me away. You don't seem to believe in limits. And during and after the flight, your biggest thank-you was to God. So much will, so much courage, so much class. Thank you, brother, from a guy who is 3x your age. 🙏🏻👏🏼👊🏻✌🏻
A lawn mover engine, a lawn chair, a spinning 2x4 and a bed sheet. This is one of the most incredible videos that I have ever seen. The only thing missing is the barbecue and the beer at 17,500 ft. You were literally hanging in mid air. Your video matches or even tops, some of the footage that I have seen from NASA! I hope you know what an fantastic human being that you are!
I was nervous just watching. But if you think about it, he was up at 17.5k feet which is about 3.3 miles high. If you took that distance and placed it horizontally on a globe of the earth, it would be nothing. Believe it or not, so is the depth of the Mariana's Trench, which is about 6.7 miles deep. If you take that distance and place it on a globe or map, it is nothing. The earth is actually quite smooth based on its scale.
17k feet with a lawnmower motor and cant have too much gazoline in that tank. This guy is definitely crazier than I am but it's even difficult to believe that this can be done. This guy deserves a medal for sure.
@@U2FanSanFran me too. But i think 1st I want to parachute out of a plane with an experienced person😁. And then some training with the glider chute? and then paramotor combined
@@ChuckyWright That's insane!!! I was waiting for you to drop your phone haha! It's incredible how MSFS2020 can look exactly the same from that high up!
My first jump in Vietnam was from 2200 feet. I was so scared that I couldn't even spit. My next jump seemed routine. My lowest jump was 850 feet, which kind of worried me if the chute would open, but it did without hesitation. My grandson knew that I had parachuted in the Marines and he wanted me to go with him to the classes at the local airfield, so I did. I never knew that he expected me to jump with him. I was 64 at the time and never jumped since the war, but I did it just for him. We jumped from 900 feet. I was kind of afraid, but I put my faith in God and whoever folded my chute.
Im a paramotor pilot and i was afraid of hights haha but i learned to loved it in planes and now i fly paramotors and dont even think about fear anymore..
Amazing.. We recently returned from a holiday in Turkey, and the hotel was surrounded by this mountain range.. The main mountain had so many of these paraglider guys & girls flying about. I counted over 20 at one time.. What an experience that must be 👏🏼
Casually rises to 17,500 feet above the clouds and lives to tell the tale. On top of recording it all! No one would've believed you if you didn't record! I'm jealous.
When he made it to the clouds it looked so beautiful I wanted to cry. Almost divine being able to be so close to a cloud without being inside of a plane.
@@kinkane5566 I love pilots, and was in air cadets in my teens, I heard it takes 10 years to become a 4 winger on a 737. I can concur the nerve racking feeling of a jetpack man flying near an airport.
@@philipbond4088 Depends on luck, the current 'cycle', airline and country., We've been down to 4 years from finishing flight training for some cadets.........so potentially 25-26 years old.
Imagine going back and telling the Wright brothers that someone would be flying lawnmower engines hooked to a propeller with a parachute on your back to 17,000 feet. They would call you insane.
@@ChaseThePinballWizard It was built in the U.K and it was massive and a ride on mower. The Wright brothers probably never heard news of the lawnmower for several years.
Lol! Yea I know that feeling well, I'm not a heights person, didn't fly until I was 31. Every so often at work someone needs me to climb on a roof and sometimes I get that feeling rush through me so as much as I would like to do this it probably would be a good idea then again I would probably feel safer with a parachute than a ladder
I’m impressed that engine had enough power to lift your gigantic balls off the ground! That was amazing! Thanks for sharing that video for the rest of us to enjoy.
so lucky you did not pass out and that no plane had hit you! If it did the plane was going down, most planes at that altitude fly on autopilot and they are coming over 500km/h and if u passed out u would not be able to deviate from it. Well good thing you made it alive!
Damn, you are literally one of the bravest people I have ever seen. To propel into the sky like that without showing any fear is simply beyond imagination. That's what I call living
Now compare it with your imagination of what they already created at Area 51... (not refering to any alien BS though that was spread by the govt. itself to cover the real reasons)
My hands got sweaty just watching this. I've gone skydiving from 17,500 feet so i know how scary and amazing this can be.. but your experience is unlike anything id dream of doing.
The valley, ground, base, or bottom of Mount Everest is already at 17,600 feet above sea level - it’s almost like it sits on a plateau. From the ground, Everest goes up 11,400 feet. For a total of 29,000 feet. This is similar case with most other high mountains.
Technically Everest is the tallest above sea level. There is another mountain much taller in Hawaii. Mt. Mauna Kea stands (from base to tip) 33,496 feet tall. Incredibly Mauna Kea's bulk is 19,700 feet BELOW sea level, with only 13,796 of it above sea level.
@@emprrah Not even close, I’ve been skydiving, and the thought of going up to that altitude in that machine and being able to stay there and look around and fly to other destinations must be such a natural high that I honestly think not to many other things can compare. A lot of people will try skydiving (like myself), but not that many have solid brass balls like this guy. I’m a certified flight instructor, and I would never have the nerve to do this, like I said before, absolutely epic.👌
This is one of the most incredible things I've ever seen. Guy goes more then 3 miles up, well over an hour, in essentially a lawn chair. Best line 10:45 "Getting a little closer to my car here". Humans are awesome! Great job.
Best RUclips video I have seen in a long time.. THIS is what RUclips is for. Sharing experiences. Absolutely at the edge of my seat watching your ascension into the heavens brother!!!
I've walked through clouds before hiking/mountain climbing in the Rockies.... a trippy feeling to say the least. Highest I've been was around 14,000 ft elevation cheers to this guy for having balls of steel to just say fuck it and do it Inna paraglider
An experience like that can be almost spiritual. Seeing how grand everything is makes you realize how small we really are. Glad you landed safely. Very cool.
@@ChuckyWright The first time I went skiing in California, it was at Mammoth mountain. 11,080 feet at the summit and you can see for days. I stood there just taking it all in and realized those mountains were there long before me and will be there long after I'm gone. It kind of put my daily worries in perspective as to exactly how insignificant they truly are in the scope of the world. It was a moment to remember. On a different note, the air is pretty thin at that altitude. Did it have any impact on the fuel air settings of the carb? Thin air can be a real problem for a normally aspirated engine.
How this guy can just hang off a motorised parachute at 17.500 feet and act like he’s sat at the kitchen table without the slightest glimmer of fright or anxiety is crazy, personally i’d be shitting red hot bricks and wouldn’t be able to move for the sheer terror of being so insecure at this mental altitude.
If you think it’s great with a motor, do it without a motor relying only on thermals. The peace and quiet without a motor running and being at cloud base is undoubtedly the coolest thing I’ve ever experienced in my life…
Your either crazy or got lots of guts. I'm in disbelief and scared to death just watching the video. Incredible and one hell of an accomplishment 👏 congratulations and good luck!
@@unclemeat7310 yeah a ferris wheel is high enough for me. That man must know exactly what he's doing. I couldn't watch the video twice myself. He's got bragging rights for ever!
@@ChuckyWright just stumbled up on this video also and had to share!.. They couldn't pay me enough money to do this. Not sure if I missed it, but what was the temperature at ground level? Happy New Year!
You've just showed what it feels like "Sky is the limit", Absolutely insane man. Takes a hell lot of courage to go for a ride straight into clouds with a camera in hand!💯
One of the coolest videos I’ve ever seen on RUclips. First thing that crossed my mind as you were taking off: “this is like a dream but in real life.” Thank you for taking us on this ride, man.
Amazing how all it takes is just three simple things to get u up flying that high, industrial fan, parachute and a simple chair for a little comfort. Wow!! Didn't know flying up to that height can that be easy, lol.
When you said “thank you God for creating this earth”, I got pretty emotional. I was getting anxiety just watching this video but it was so amazing. I just turned 60 and two months before my 60th I went parasailing at 400 feet and zip lining at 1800 ft.² in Puerto Vallarta. I am extremely afraid of heights but I was intent on pushing myself to do it. I think the scariest part for me doing what you just did would be coming down. Fantastic job and thank you for documenting this.
This guy is the true definition of enjoying life. I can literally feel his excitement when he was going thru that cloud. You the man bro!!! Glad to see someone living life, wish I could say the same. Thanks bro, watching this made me forget about some shit I'm going thru, even if just for a little bit.
To put into perspective how high this guy was download an app to your phone called flight 24. It allows you to identify a plane you see above you and it's altitude. 17,000 ft is when you barely see an airliner but you see the vapor trail. You probably could not have even seen this guy from the ground at his altitude.
@@ryanboughton5062 airliners almost always cruise above FL300 (i.e. 30,000'). You must be confusing meters and feet. The only place you'll catch an airliner that low is near an airport. 18,000' is where positively controlled airspace begins and the ability to fly under visual flight rules (VFR) ends. To fly VFR you don't need a flight plan, you don't need to talk to ATC on a radio, you don't need anything except to maintain visual separation from clouds and other planes. That's why he was able to do this and why he could only go to 17,500' even if the paramotor could have flown higher.
You are young and mature at the same time you knew your limits and pushed them as far as you could safely go. Thanks for sharing the amazing footage, not many of us could do what you did but you faced it like a true man. In this day and age showing people how to overcome fear, you are a beacon mate. And humble enough to see the beauty of the creator while there! Awesome x 10
Ok, I’ll give this guy the “MONSTER BALLS” award for 2021! What he did is insane! Those who fly can better comprehend the courage (or stupidity lol) it took to complete such a feat. He didn’t have a safety crew, or safety escape plan, just raw courage. I love this video and the young man who created it. May God always keep you safe young brother.
yes but if engines failed he would just glide down to the ground. not really monster balls. if you arent afraid of heights thats not really a scary thing to do. Looks relaxing and safe to me , but I guess a plane could run into you lol
@@b-rare Lol, I love it when RUclips commenters say 'nah not really' about stuff like this being impressive. 'I could do it but I don't wanna'...you say, as you type on your laptop, knowing you will never, ever do anything like this in your life
i made a comment about the monster balls bro. nothing about impressive. calm yourself. Also never said "i could do it" who are you even quoting Santa Clause? LMAO lay off the drugs young one
This is insane. As in insanely awesome and insanely ballsy. Never seen anything like it. Your takeoff was really not that far over those houses or as it looked which was ballsy right there. Totally had a Wright Brothers feel to it the whole flight. I don’t know what kind of flight experience you have or training to accurately climb and return from 17,000 feet right to your backyard. Amazing. Extremely brave and daring. Great job recording the event. Honestly this is maybe the most unforgettable video I have ever seen on RUclips or elsewhere. Sounds silly maybe to say this, but damnit you’re a legend. At least in my book.
The Mariana trench is more than 36,000 feet below sea level. What you see here at 17,500 feet is just about (almost) half of how deep the lowest point of the ocean is. Insane.
@@Meme_supplier Doubt it. We can pretty accurately measure the ocean floor with echolocation. The only place where such a deep place might exist is under the pack ice in the polar regions. But then again, subs reached these places... The 10% is true, but it is meant for the life which exists in the ocean. But we know how the ocean floor looks like.
That was insane. And the cherry on top was how you were able to land exactly where you took off, I would have thought you flew to a different state lol
Can't imagine dangling my legs at 17,500 feet! It was a little nerve wracking just looking down from your perspective. This is the kind of thing you have to do when you are young. I went bungee jumping from 200 ft. in my twenties. It does not compare to 1/10 of this, but I'm just saying now in my mid-fifties I couldn't do it again. A person grows more conservative (wiser?) as they age. btw, nice to have an oil well in your backyard to finance flying hobbies :)
Congratulations mate, well done. That’s very brave of you, I can imagine feeling very vulnerable up there sitting on air, hanging by a few threads, not for the faint hearted. And the feeling of being safe on the ground after such an adventure, pure relief, and great achievement.
This is better than a wingsuit, flying a plan, skydiving and hang-gliding. As human beings, we are proud of you. We literally have dreams of flying like this.
The beauty of this is its so simple. Guy has a passion for life and goes out and makes dreams come true. What is possible is whatever you set your mind to. Thats the key. You opened up my mind by experiencing this vicariously through you. What a wonderful world we live in ❤
Yup. Hiking at above clouds is pretty amazing. (Well, clouds are at very different altitudes, but hanging out above a significant cloud blanket can be breathtaking.)
Billionaires get to fly to outer space using rockets. We're not billionaires but if we can just fly to 17k feet like in this video that is plenty of excitement for a lifetime already! How much would it cost to do this? I guess it's also a question of skill, so the other question is: how much training is needed?
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Its incredible how a gasoline powered industrial fan and a piece of cloth tarp or canvas can make you fly up up and away. So brave
it is fascinating
Ya and that thing is wound up with a rubber band...!
No fuel injection just a carburetor!
Very hard to believe.
How many liters got burned going up and coming down?
the fact that you can just strap a giant fan and a chair to your back and fly above clouds is insane.
Yah till you forget to fill up with gas or it breaks down lol
@@scottgoode4789 lol what
@@SkynetCryptoTech-Webnett-coin you do realise if he runs out of gas or the motor stops working, he'll just slowly descend with the parachute right?
@@SkynetCryptoTech-Webnett-coin You're attached to a parachute you fool.
I think you mean awesome.
I was shaking inside the plane during my first ever flight and was so afraid to look down the window. This man sitting on a chair and flying 17500 feet is just incredible.
Thanks so much!
@@ChuckyWright have you ever had a fear of heights? If so, how did your first flight feel?
Same mate
he has a parachute on his back so he can still bail out if the SHTF.
@@ChuckyWright my only question is do you appear on any radar instruments
I'm having a genuinely hard time processing what I just watched. I watch all kinds of crazy things on RUclips, and I don't think I've ever seen anything more amazing than this.
I try to do something different
there is a guy who is riding on his bicycle on a windmill. That is even more crazy. Danny MacAskill riding on a windmill blade.
@@ChuckyWright The sun looks white in the sky.
@@SuperheroJunior The sun IS white.
Way to go! I am 72 and have filled up my bucket list. I’ve jumped, dived and traveled around the world. Live in up kids, your running out of time. Work hard, play hard, don’t hurt others. If you have no regrets when you get old, you did it right. Even death, is another adventure. Thanks world!
Congrats Sandi sounds like you did it right
You've got at least 30 more years to go grandpa. Enjoy!
I can patiently wait for the death "adventure." (-:
Nice! Thanks for sharing....Glad to hear you had such fun and you'll hopefully have it more and more
@@oscar3611 or grandma?
you are literally sitting in a chair hanging from the sky!!
lawn chair is what it feels like
@@ChuckyWright Like a greek god.
Scary 😮 Gods grace!!
@@imher2462god isn't real
@@user.0704 Ok that's your opinion. Praise God 🙏
The fact that we live in an era in which a "regular" person can do this is amazing.
We've BEEN living in an era where people can do this for a while. With potential restrictions on gas-powered vehicles and people losing their minds about balloons, who knows what the future holds.
@@strawdawgs78why couldn't the fan be powered by battery? Also I've never heard someone get mad about balloons, but maybe that's a cultural difference.
@@Rachel59435I think that was a shot at the Chinese spy balloons.
Imagine our boy here cruising on his paramotor and a sidewinder cuts in and takes him out.
The fact that he made it that high with all that weight from those balls
Earth is not spheric. See 2' 36".
It's all fake. Fish eye lens.
getting halfway to space with a fan and some cloth is just incomprehensible to me 😄
isn't it a wild concept.
the Wright Brothers way over complicated it 😁
Can you imagine the wife of this guy back on earth thinking about he is on a giant fan at 17500 feet up?!!
the boundary of space is 100 km. So he is not even 1/10th the way there.😅
@@anshu_108I bet there's things you don't know too😅
The fact u went 17500feet and back without anything going wrong is crazy blows my mind watching this glad u recorded it and shared with the world
I felt nervous all the way through 😂😂😂❤❤❤
Let's be honest we were all here to see an engine failure or bird strike ...
@JamieVauxnut1 No, thanks, I don't wanna see somebody dying, but you do you 👍
@@JamieVauxnut1 how would he have posted the video if that happened?
@@JamieVauxnut1 nah thats you sick ass
He’s a natural, in front of the camera. It doesn’t feel like he’s alone.
thanks!
You’re Never alone when you’re with Christ !
@@paulk2013 amen🙏🏾
Imagine being in a cockpit of a plane and this guy appears right in front of you!!! Damn!!!
Yeah, SPLAT. "Hey Captain, I think we just hit a stupid bird up here."
I was thinking the same thing🤣
😂😂😂
😂 he’s at the fringe of needing breathable oxygen too… luckily didn’t lose consciousness
@@charliedallachie3539 oh, he is beyond the fringe. Everyone reacts differently to hypoxia though. After 13,000 ft or so I can feel the effects.
Chucky, this video blew me away. You don't seem to believe in limits. And during and after the flight, your biggest thank-you was to God. So much will, so much courage, so much class. Thank you, brother, from a guy who is 3x your age. 🙏🏻👏🏼👊🏻✌🏻
It is truly miraculous how he was able to go that high with two humongous balls of steel weighing him down like that
Next step would be to emulate Luke Aiken, remove all the gear and jump from that height into a net.
Balls of osmium
Thos does take extreme courage Chucky!!!!! Respect!!! Congratulations!!!
Balls made of 100% solid vibranium
Hahahahahah
This is top 5 one of the most fascinating things I’ve seen on RUclips. Thanks for taking us along!
What are the other things?
Agreed!!!
TOP 5 ?
As someone with a fear of heights I really cannot wrap my mind around how anyone can do this. Just watching this gives me anxiety!😦
thank you so much!
Me too!
me too lol
Lol 😂 i was nervous too
yeah, that part of his brain must be missing
Absolutely cannot believe you were doing this so calmly. 🤯 I would be freaking out lol… AMAZING.
this must be the closest thing to flying like Superman over the clouds. Super cool man.
Funny seeing you here. Hope all is well. Cheers.
thanks so much I greatly appreciate that!
hell yes
Da goat
superman is gay Zionist propaganda. See my video "Zionism is Heresy." Jesus comes back only after Israel is destroyed.
When you're old, like me, the memory of this experience will make your life richer. Awesome accomplishment dude.
this comment carry's a lot of weight and is honestly the most accurate representation on how i felt after this flight.
You may be old, but you could still do this. I just started paragliding and it’s not a very physical sport at all.
Bet it doesnt
This comment summed up the whole video
If he makes it to old age.
“No planes around, everything looks good……”
Man Radar is a beast.
haha yes
A lawn mover engine, a lawn chair, a spinning 2x4 and a bed sheet. This is one of the most incredible videos that I have ever seen. The only thing missing is the barbecue and the beer at 17,500 ft. You were literally hanging in mid air. Your video matches or even tops, some of the footage that I have seen from NASA! I hope you know what an fantastic human being that you are!
thanks for watching!
Just mad how casually he takes a ride from his back yard, to 17500 ft. Crazy.
he had a bad and/or dangerous take off. thats why it's edited out.
just wish we could have seen it. why cut the full take-off out?
Main thing you don’t try to jump out of your seat
Makes you appreciate how gargantuan Everest is. It is 10k feet higher than he was. That's nuts!
thanks I greatly appreciate it!
how did they manage to land a heli up there?
Well Everest itself is only 15,000 feet. It's altitude is 29,000 but that's a measurement from sea-level
Yes, Everest summit is only 11k ft above base camp, so this would actually seem higher, although the air would not be nearly as thin as 29k ft!
Some weird units of measurement in this thread ;) Mount Everest is 8,848 meters from sea level and Olympus Mons is about 21,900 meters high.
This helped me understand how deep the ocean really is.
33.000 feet.. I'd say that's pretty deep..When you look at it from way up high at 17,000 feet like this guy is yeah it's deep..
I was nervous just watching. But if you think about it, he was up at 17.5k feet which is about 3.3 miles high. If you took that distance and placed it horizontally on a globe of the earth, it would be nothing. Believe it or not, so is the depth of the Mariana's Trench, which is about 6.7 miles deep. If you take that distance and place it on a globe or map, it is nothing. The earth is actually quite smooth based on its scale.
@Eastern YellowJacket , yes. In scale, the earth is smoother than an eggshell.
@@easternyellowjacket276 the marinara trench is not even close to being the deepest part of the ocean
@@sunnyztmoney Oh, really? So what is?
Absolutely incredible dude, I can't imagine what that was like in person.
thanks man! Appreciate that!
10:15...yeah, I'm glad when you get to the ground too😆👍👊
Lol dope to see bakerxderek I use to watch your vlogs like 4-5 years ago . I’ll still watch one every now n then 🤣
I could never walk in the fast lane like Chucky does!
This tickled my pickle
17k feet with a lawnmower motor and cant have too much gazoline in that tank. This guy is definitely crazier than I am but it's even difficult to believe that this can be done. This guy deserves a medal for sure.
thanks so much greatly appreciated!
@@ChuckyWright dude, we gotta talk, I wanna do this… let me know how I can contact you. Thanks
@@U2FanSanFran I think you're better off Googling it
@@U2FanSanFran me too. But i think 1st I want to parachute out of a plane with an experienced person😁. And then some training with the glider chute? and then paramotor combined
Wow! This tops anything I've ever seen on RUclips when it comes to sheer nerve and determination.
thanks man I appreciate that!
No lie, this is the bravest man I’ve ever seen.
@@ChuckyWright That's insane!!! I was waiting for you to drop your phone haha! It's incredible how MSFS2020 can look exactly the same from that high up!
@@ChuckyWright *just finished watching!
OH YEAH KISS THAT GROUND...!!!
Imagine flying a small plane up there and just seing someone sitting in his chair and playing with his phone
Lol
Bro you got balls of steel!!! Huge respect ✊🏼
thanks so much! Greatly appreciate that!
I was wondering how he got those things( steel balls) off the ground. I love flying but I’m usually in a fixed wing.
They so big it’s a wonder he got off the ground.
His whole body is a set of balls with legs
How I wish I had those Balls of granite!... just thinking 🤔
My first jump in Vietnam was from 2200 feet. I was so scared that I couldn't even spit. My next jump seemed routine. My lowest jump was 850 feet, which kind of worried me if the chute would open, but it did without hesitation. My grandson knew that I had parachuted in the Marines and he wanted me to go with him to the classes at the local airfield, so I did. I never knew that he expected me to jump with him. I was 64 at the time and never jumped since the war, but I did it just for him. We jumped from 900 feet. I was kind of afraid, but I put my faith in God and whoever folded my chute.
you have ti have trust and a reputable place put it together for you!
Great story! Thank you for sharing.
Friend said always carried extra pair of underwear. Changed after every jump..and yea was in military
Thank you for serving and for sharing your story. God bless you and yours, Robert.
Thank you for your service, Robert. I really enjoyed reading that.
And then there is me who can't even look down while standing on a 2 story building, this guy just touched the sky. Bravo 👏
haha we are all different!
I'm the guy that can't look down
@@eligebrown8998 good to know i'm not the only one
He kissed the sky and some Jimi Hendrix "Purple Haze" would be appropriate for this video! "Excuse me, while I kiss the sky" wah wah wah...
Im a paramotor pilot and i was afraid of hights haha but i learned to loved it in planes and now i fly paramotors and dont even think about fear anymore..
Amazing.. We recently returned from a holiday in Turkey, and the hotel was surrounded by this mountain range.. The main mountain had so many of these paraglider guys & girls flying about. I counted over 20 at one time..
What an experience that must be 👏🏼
its incredible
Casually rises to 17,500 feet above the clouds and lives to tell the tale. On top of recording it all! No one would've believed you if you didn't record! I'm jealous.
to worried about what other people would think.
He's still 11,528 feet beneath the peak of Mount Everest.. That is crazy!! Quite unfathomable how people summit that peak when you see this.
Man it's crazy to think of it that way considering how high he was 👀
thanks so much! I greatly appreciate it!
I thought of that too. By the way, at 10,000 the pilot is supposed to have oxygen, and at 13,000 the passengers are supposed to be on oxygen.
Damn really? Never thought about that. That is absolutely insane wow.
@eternal footman for real
Can you imagine being in a plane and looking out your window to see a guy waving at you from outside? My mind is blown!!!!
Thanks so much!
Did somebody say , menu log
In a chair! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
planes usually fly at above 10 000 meters, that's twice higher than he was
@@jhonywalker002 that s just airliners, other smaller aircrafts can Cruise around these altitudes
Red Bull called, they want their balls of steel back
haha they are with me for life
That was truly insane, and as an avid aviation enthusiast mainly commercial airliners, I love it. So cool and very brave.
thanks man! Appreciate that!
When he made it to the clouds it looked so beautiful I wanted to cry. Almost divine being able to be so close to a cloud without being inside of a plane.
thanks so much appreciate it!
Until there is a jet coming through the clouds.
I fly jets for a living and I was getting acrophobia just watching you…you’ve got guts son.
thanks man appreciate that, you fly them I sell them haha
@@ChuckyWright Did you have to get FAA clearance before doing that? That was amazing.
@@philipbond4088 Damn Phil, not cutting these pilots any slack it seems...
@@kinkane5566 I love pilots, and was in air cadets in my teens, I heard it takes 10 years to become a 4 winger on a 737. I can concur the nerve racking feeling of a jetpack man flying near an airport.
@@philipbond4088 Depends on luck, the current 'cycle', airline and country., We've been down to 4 years from finishing flight training for some cadets.........so potentially 25-26 years old.
This was one of the coolest videos I have ever seen!! God is an incredible artist. Thanks for sharing!!
thanks for watching
Imagine going back and telling the Wright brothers that someone would be flying lawnmower engines hooked to a propeller with a parachute on your back to 17,000 feet. They would call you insane.
thanks so much appreciate it!
@A Z The first internal combustion lawnmower engine was made in 1902. And the Wright brother's flight occured in 1903.
@@ChaseThePinballWizard It was built in the U.K and it was massive and a ride on mower.
The Wright brothers probably never heard news of the lawnmower for several years.
Interesting point...it would be interesting to do a comparison of the Wright brothers' engine to this one.
Those early aviators had some nasty crashes. You had to have a lot of balls to go up in those primitive early experimental aircraft.
I had a panic attack on my roof and would not do this for a million dollars but this is jaw-droppingly amazing, beautiful, and fascinating.
Lol! Yea I know that feeling well, I'm not a heights person, didn't fly until I was 31. Every so often at work someone needs me to climb on a roof and sometimes I get that feeling rush through me so as much as I would like to do this it probably would be a good idea then again I would probably feel safer with a parachute than a ladder
Absolute legend, made ne laugh 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@ericg4915 Really, just watching this and imagining hanging there with a couple of miles of empty air beneath me gives me "elevator stomach". 😱
It's also incredibly stupid. Darwinism will weed his genes from the the pool.
Frantic roof hater..😂 priceless
I’m impressed that engine had enough power to lift your gigantic balls off the ground! That was amazing! Thanks for sharing that video for the rest of us to enjoy.
thanks man haha!
Lololol. Just the video alone makes mine shrivel.
🤣🤣
🤣😂🤣😂
What do you mean by gigantic? Is it a military tank?
so lucky you did not pass out and that no plane had hit you! If it did the plane was going down, most planes at that altitude fly on autopilot and they are coming over 500km/h and if u passed out u would not be able to deviate from it. Well good thing you made it alive!
Yeah its pretty wild!
Damn, you are literally one of the bravest people I have ever seen. To propel into the sky like that without showing any fear is simply beyond imagination. That's what I call living
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yeah................living for the moment when he let go of the rod. it will be a news blackout............to make the accident sound good.
Brave or just stupid! Pure lucky he didn't kill himself or someone else! For someone who talks about god a lot he sure is selfish
@@erictaylor7007 sounds like your jealous of bravery, Christians have courage, God can heal you of your bitter heart :)
What Lee Lee said 🙏
So shocking to know you could fly that high with that simple equipment.
thanks so much!
yeah its insane
Now compare it with your imagination of what they already created at Area 51... (not refering to any alien BS though that was spread by the govt. itself to cover the real reasons)
@@ChuckyWright how much that paramotor costs??
I agree. He just climbed higher than the service ceiling for my airplane haha
That is an incredible feat flying a wing to over 17,000 feet and getting above the clouds while exposed to all the elements!! Exhilarating indeed!!
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This is insane, scary to watch
Exactly right 👍
😁
6:47 damn i dont think i would ever have that kind of mentality brave he is
thanks!
My hands got sweaty just watching this. I've gone skydiving from 17,500 feet so i know how scary and amazing this can be.. but your experience is unlike anything id dream of doing.
Nothing scary about that lol
The higher the jump the less scary
Takes a lot of heart to be that high up in the sky 😂
It’s pronounced balls* not heart
Facts
@@boratbruno4947 you are correct
@@boratbruno4947 facts
A parachute?
And to imagine Mt Everest is over 29,000 ft tall, mind blowing!
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It is not. It is 29,000 above the see level, but only half of that tall - the other half is not Everest actually
Mount everist has been done in these contraptions.✌️🇬🇧
The valley, ground, base, or bottom of Mount Everest is already at 17,600 feet above sea level - it’s almost like it sits on a plateau.
From the ground, Everest goes up 11,400 feet.
For a total of 29,000 feet.
This is similar case with most other high mountains.
Technically Everest is the tallest above sea level. There is another mountain much taller in Hawaii. Mt. Mauna Kea stands (from base to tip) 33,496 feet tall.
Incredibly Mauna Kea's bulk is 19,700 feet BELOW sea level, with only 13,796 of it above sea level.
I think this is the most beautiful video I have ever seen on RUclips.. thank you.
Glad you liked it!
Dude, that was epic. I’m a flight instructor and I can’t imagine going to that altitude without being inside an aircraft. God bless you, you did it.👍👍
thanks! Means a lot Honestly!
Would you recommend this for a pre aviation noob?
I'm saving for a new Pipistrel Virus SW or a used Diamond DA20.
I mean.... You could sky dive.. it's almost the same
@@emprrah Not even close, I’ve been skydiving, and the thought of going up to that altitude in that machine and being able to stay there and look around and fly to other destinations must be such a natural high that I honestly think not to many other things can compare. A lot of people will try skydiving (like myself), but not that many have solid brass balls like this guy. I’m a certified flight instructor, and I would never have the nerve to do this, like I said before, absolutely epic.👌
@@AngryPepper1964 ohhh
Just imagine flying past him in an airplane.
"Look everyone, there's a guy outside riding a fan."
"Shore thar is laddy, now why don't you come downtown and tell us allll about it after we land".
or he suck in to engine
😂😂
Wonder how much for that ticket, is it american airlines?
You made my day 😂😂😅😅
That took a lot of guts. You’ve accomplished something that a lot of people never will. It was a beautiful video. Thanks for sharing.
thanks doe watching!
At least 99% of the entire world will never do what he did.
took a lot of stupidity.
That 99.99% NEVER will
Well yeah we don’t have to as there are videos like this of it lol.
Everything is cool until he gets lost in space and start floating away in the nothingness 😂😂😂
id die happy
@ lol 😂 you’re great brother, that looked fun. Thanks for this great video
This is one of the most incredible things I've ever seen. Guy goes more then 3 miles up, well over an hour, in essentially a lawn chair. Best line 10:45 "Getting a little closer to my car here". Humans are awesome! Great job.
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Best RUclips video I have seen in a long time.. THIS is what RUclips is for. Sharing experiences.
Absolutely at the edge of my seat watching your ascension into the heavens brother!!!
Thanks! Greatly Appreciate It!
Agree.
I don't know how this showed up in my recommendations, but I actually enjoyed it. Thank you Mr. Wright!
younger so welcome thanks for clicking on it!
Holy shitt, bro didn't use supplemental O2 or anything
no sir
@@ChuckyWright damnnn, lungs of steel
Stunningly, this is still 10,000 feet below the peak of Everest.
And 97 kilometers (60 miles for Americans) below the boundary of space
@@presidentofkenya6896space. Sure, sure🤡🤣🤣🤣
What ... Everest is scary high
@@presidentofkenya6896And still 11 billion miles away from the edge of the solar system 🤓
Omg!! Had to fact check that.
Thank god there are still people around today like you. You shine a torch for the rest of us. What courage. Chucky the inspiration. Love from the UK.
someone has to push human potential.
Nobody cares where you're from
@@MasDouc nobody cares about negative whiners like yourself go be a burden on someone else
@@MasDouc I do
@@strammerdetlef nobody cares what you care about
I've walked through clouds before hiking/mountain climbing in the Rockies.... a trippy feeling to say the least. Highest I've been was around 14,000 ft elevation cheers to this guy for having balls of steel to just say fuck it and do it Inna paraglider
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What's the deal about going through a cloud?
The aviation version of diving. This is amazing. I never knew you could do that.
yes sir
An experience like that can be almost spiritual. Seeing how grand everything is makes you realize how small we really are. Glad you landed safely. Very cool.
Oxygen deprivation helps the sensation. Won't kill you - but I bet it started to feel goofy. A great accomplishment still!
it truly was!
@@ChuckyWright The first time I went skiing in California, it was at Mammoth mountain. 11,080 feet at the summit and you can see for days. I stood there just taking it all in and realized those mountains were there long before me and will be there long after I'm gone. It kind of put my daily worries in perspective as to exactly how insignificant they truly are in the scope of the world. It was a moment to remember. On a different note, the air is pretty thin at that altitude. Did it have any impact on the fuel air settings of the carb? Thin air can be a real problem for a normally aspirated engine.
@@joepie221 Top of Mammoth is Unreal! Absolutely beautiful.
Better than spending millions of $ to fly 10 minutes into space and back! I so wanna do this!
You are one brave fellow, WOW you have to re upload this. Brilliant
thanks!
Это какая смелость и сила духа и воли нужна, что бы на этом утлом параплане подниматься за облака!
Мое искреннее восхищение отважному пилоту!
Well this is one brave soul. What having no fear looks like. Sky’s the limit for this guy lol
thanks man! Means a lot!
@@ChuckyWright she's a woman
@@juantigre1348 omg did you really just assume their gender
Lol, what about chuck?
Guys chill, I am a woman lol natural born. I was bald in this picture LMBO so ima let him slide.
How this guy can just hang off a motorised parachute at 17.500 feet and act like he’s sat at the kitchen table without the slightest glimmer of fright or anxiety is crazy, personally i’d be shitting red hot bricks and wouldn’t be able to move for the sheer terror of being so insecure at this mental altitude.
its a lifestyle
This is just awesome! How many of us can say we've flown to 17,500 feet on a lawn chair strapped to a shop fan? Just NUTS!
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Funny comment
lmao🤣🤣🤣🤣
If you think it’s great with a motor, do it without a motor relying only on thermals. The peace and quiet without a motor running and being at cloud base is undoubtedly the coolest thing I’ve ever experienced in my life…
@@coryturner9140 I don't even like going up on my roof to clean the gutters, I doubt I'll be free balling through the thermals any time soon
God bless you young man, I’m sitting on my couch in the UK and it feels like I was right up there with you…. Thank you for the experience ❤️🙏🏻
love that you enjoyed it!
Your either crazy or got lots of guts. I'm in disbelief and scared to death just watching the video. Incredible and one hell of an accomplishment 👏 congratulations and good luck!
thanks so much I greatly appreciate that!
Looks like both
Gotta admit I got a little nauseous. I'm too old for anything like that.
@@unclemeat7310 yeah a ferris wheel is high enough for me. That man must know exactly what he's doing. I couldn't watch the video twice myself. He's got bragging rights for ever!
@@williamfabiano543 still can't figure out how that wing lifted his balls that high.
That is unbelievable! Above the clouds! Glad you made it down!
Yeah, it was a long ride back down!
I just saw this, sent it to 20 people I know. Pure definition of " adventurist". Thank you for sharing your experience.
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@@ChuckyWright just stumbled up on this video also and had to share!.. They couldn't pay me enough money to do this. Not sure if I missed it, but what was the temperature at ground level? Happy New Year!
You've just showed what it feels like "Sky is the limit", Absolutely insane man. Takes a hell lot of courage to go for a ride straight into clouds with a camera in hand!💯
thanks so much! I appreciate it!
One of the coolest videos I’ve ever seen on RUclips. First thing that crossed my mind as you were taking off: “this is like a dream but in real life.” Thank you for taking us on this ride, man.
thanks for coming along on the journey!
Amazing how all it takes is just three simple things to get u up flying that high, industrial fan, parachute and a simple chair for a little comfort. Wow!! Didn't know flying up to that height can that be easy, lol.
yes sir doesn't have to be complicated
When you said “thank you God for creating this earth”, I got pretty emotional.
I was getting anxiety just watching this video but it was so amazing. I just turned 60 and two months before my 60th I went parasailing at 400 feet and zip lining at 1800 ft.² in Puerto Vallarta. I am extremely afraid of heights but I was intent on pushing myself to do it. I think the scariest part for me doing what you just did would be coming down.
Fantastic job and thank you for documenting this.
Ok boomer
@@rsdmusic6325 , can’t argue with that!
I love PV.
You why god has created all of this!
i love to hear that congrats on conquering those amazing feats!
That's crazy the altitude you accomplished with that. It was an experience for me just watching the video could only imagine in person! Awesome man! 👌
thanks so much!
This should be on "You wouldn't believe it unless it was filmed". That was so awesome!
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Flat earthers hated it, you can see the curvature of the Earth. Don't mind them, that's their problem. lol
Definitely awesome indeed💯👊
@@being_frank_with_you was thi king the same thing when I saw that! 😂
6:52 “if you pass out, you got plenty of time to come to…” spoken like a true man 😆 God Bless
its the truth
This guy is the true definition of enjoying life. I can literally feel his excitement when he was going thru that cloud. You the man bro!!! Glad to see someone living life, wish I could say the same. Thanks bro, watching this made me forget about some shit I'm going thru, even if just for a little bit.
I hope things get better for you this new year
thanks so much! I Greatly Appreciate it
let me know if I can make any videos for you to make your year ill shout ya out!
Happy new year, stay safe !
@@tonycox7802. Thank you bro, really appreciate that. You and you loved ones have a blessed year.
I’m glad there are people out there like this guy, good on you for getting that high. 17000ft sitting on a metal seat.
thanks so much!
@@ChuckyWright livin the dream. I thought my FPV drones were cool but THIS is awesome
*17,500+
To put into perspective how high this guy was download an app to your phone called flight 24. It allows you to identify a plane you see above you and it's altitude. 17,000 ft is when you barely see an airliner but you see the vapor trail. You probably could not have even seen this guy from the ground at his altitude.
@@ryanboughton5062 airliners almost always cruise above FL300 (i.e. 30,000'). You must be confusing meters and feet. The only place you'll catch an airliner that low is near an airport. 18,000' is where positively controlled airspace begins and the ability to fly under visual flight rules (VFR) ends. To fly VFR you don't need a flight plan, you don't need to talk to ATC on a radio, you don't need anything except to maintain visual separation from clouds and other planes. That's why he was able to do this and why he could only go to 17,500' even if the paramotor could have flown higher.
You are young and mature at the same time you knew your limits and pushed them as far as you could safely go. Thanks for sharing the amazing footage, not many of us could do what you did but you faced it like a true man. In this day and age showing people how to overcome fear, you are a beacon mate. And humble enough to see the beauty of the creator while there! Awesome x 10
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What an incredible vision, and the enthusiasm of those who present it is even better.....!!! This makes me love my life even more!
Ok, I’ll give this guy the “MONSTER BALLS” award for 2021! What he did is insane! Those who fly can better comprehend the courage (or stupidity lol) it took to complete such a feat. He didn’t have a safety crew, or safety escape plan, just raw courage. I love this video and the young man who created it. May God always keep you safe young brother.
means a lot brotha! greatly appreciate the kind words!
yes but if engines failed he would just glide down to the ground. not really monster balls. if you arent afraid of heights thats not really a scary thing to do. Looks relaxing and safe to me , but I guess a plane could run into you lol
@@b-rare Lol, I love it when RUclips commenters say 'nah not really' about stuff like this being impressive. 'I could do it but I don't wanna'...you say, as you type on your laptop, knowing you will never, ever do anything like this in your life
i made a comment about the monster balls bro. nothing about impressive. calm yourself. Also never said "i could do it" who are you even quoting Santa Clause? LMAO lay off the drugs young one
@@b-rare Lol, you claimed it doesn't take monster balls to float up to 17 and a half thousand feet on a lawn chair. You're deluded mate.
This is insane. As in insanely awesome and insanely ballsy. Never seen anything like it. Your takeoff was really not that far over those houses or as it looked which was ballsy right there. Totally had a Wright Brothers feel to it the whole flight. I don’t know what kind of flight experience you have or training to accurately climb and return from 17,000 feet right to your backyard. Amazing. Extremely brave and daring. Great job recording the event. Honestly this is maybe the most unforgettable video I have ever seen on RUclips or elsewhere. Sounds silly maybe to say this, but damnit you’re a legend. At least in my book.
I greatly appreciate it! mean a lot!
Perfectly said!
This guy has to have trouble walking. I mean, he's got some BIG ONES!
Can this be considered as an official world record?
@@millsshumps1968 Not even close.
The Mariana trench is more than 36,000 feet below sea level.
What you see here at 17,500 feet is just about (almost) half of how deep the lowest point of the ocean is. Insane.
Thank you so much!
That is a scary but a visually accurate representation of how deep Mariana Trench really is... I don't want to see the Ocean Man.
that fucks me up.
Lowest point of ocean to date, we haven’t even discovered 10% of the ocean yet so there’s a possibility that there is somewhere deeper
@@Meme_supplier
Doubt it.
We can pretty accurately measure the ocean floor with echolocation.
The only place where such a deep place might exist is under the pack ice in the polar regions.
But then again, subs reached these places...
The 10% is true, but it is meant for the life which exists in the ocean.
But we know how the ocean floor looks like.
you’re extremely brave for doing this brother
That was insane. And the cherry on top was how you were able to land exactly where you took off, I would have thought you flew to a different state lol
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THAT was absolutely INSANE! thank you for taking me with you up to the skies 17k feet! HOLY SHIT!
Can't imagine dangling my legs at 17,500 feet! It was a little nerve wracking just looking down from your perspective. This is the kind of thing you have to do when you are young. I went bungee jumping from 200 ft. in my twenties. It does not compare to 1/10 of this, but I'm just saying now in my mid-fifties I couldn't do it again. A person grows more conservative (wiser?) as they age.
btw, nice to have an oil well in your backyard to finance flying hobbies :)
thanks so much! I greatly appreciate it! and yeah the older I get the more risks I take they are just more calculated!
Just thought alone has done me. This man has balls of steel
I did static line parachute from 3500 feet and was quite freaked. Chucky, your the man
Incredible. Insane. What's with the ethylbenzene molecule on your sleeve?
adrenaline
Hats off to ya man I was getting a little anxiety just watching , that's absolutely crazy
Thank you I appreciate that!
Congratulations mate, well done. That’s very brave of you, I can imagine feeling very vulnerable up there sitting on air, hanging by a few threads, not for the faint hearted. And the feeling of being safe on the ground after such an adventure, pure relief, and great achievement.
thanks so much! I Greatly Appreciate it
I was waiting for Chucky to lie down and look up at the sky and thank God, or kiss the ground or something like that!
This is better than a wingsuit, flying a plan, skydiving and hang-gliding. As human beings, we are proud of you. We literally have dreams of flying like this.
Who’s we ? Ain’t no way 😂
@@Shnayblay Like, most humans that came before us. Lol ☠
I was always day dreaming while laying on my back in the large field in back of or house while a kid of flying up and up among the clouds.
The beauty of this is its so simple. Guy has a passion for life and goes out and makes dreams come true. What is possible is whatever you set your mind to. Thats the key. You opened up my mind by experiencing this vicariously through you. What a wonderful world we live in ❤
you see the picture
Absolutely crazy that Mount Everest is still another 8000 feet higher up than where he is
yes sir!
Dont know how you thought of mt everest. Everest was not made by human hands. Its way more interesting to fly like this, than to climb a mountain.
@@PolishBehemoth dude wasn’t even talking about what is more interesting was just talking about how freaking tall the mountain is
Ummm... Try 29000... So it's 11500 more!!
@@natiasamuels4170 no... Incorrect... It's 29,032.
The moment he saw the clouds a couple feet away must have been so beautiful
kit was truly amazing!
Yup. Hiking at above clouds is pretty amazing. (Well, clouds are at very different altitudes, but hanging out above a significant cloud blanket can be breathtaking.)
Billionaires get to fly to outer space using rockets. We're not billionaires but if we can just fly to 17k feet like in this video that is plenty of excitement for a lifetime already! How much would it cost to do this? I guess it's also a question of skill, so the other question is: how much training is needed?
10k and a2 weeks of training every day 7 hours a day
Strengths 💪 💪
WOW!!! WOW!!! 😁
Can you refer to me one billionaires that flew to outer space?
Theres no leaving the firmament