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Flock can perform. its called the stack. >> its when you get a number of wing suitors actually flying one over top of the other. you can only see whats in front of your eyes. so you have a hard time seeing the people behind you. you have to rely on those people to do the right thing and not fly into you. definitely, a large risk whenever a stack goes wrong. >> but all seems okay on exit. scott bland points the flock towards the drop zone. as two shoot from the wing. and thats when it happens. fe...

They decide to ratchet up the adrenaline and try one of the most dangerous formations a flock can perform. its called the stack. >> its when you get a number of wing suitors actually flying one over top of the other. you can only see whats in front of your eyes. so you have a hard time seeing the people behind you. you have to rely on those people to do the right thing and not fly into you. definitely, a large risk whenever a stack goes wrong. >> but all seems okay on exit. scott bland points th...

Who start reforming around him. >> i need to make sure i am aiming myself back towards the drop zone to make sure im safe and to make sure everybody else gets back. i consider that my sponlt as the person on the bottom. >> but as quickly as bland reorients himself, unbelievably, it happens again. another pocket of dead air, and another midair collision. this time, two different wingsuit fliers. as they tumble in the sky, the team reaches 5,000 feet and bland signals to pull their parachutes. uns...

Collision. if you lose sight of somebody else that youre flying with, you can wind up with closing speeds in access of 200 miles an hour. >> the main fear with being hit is to be knocked out or killed. >> the biggest risk for collision comes when wing suitors fly dangerously close to each other in formations called flocks. and the most important person in the flock is the base. the person flying out front, guiding the team toward their target. and theres nobody scotty burns would want more for a...

And to make sure everybody else gets back. i consider that my responsibility as the person on the bottom. >> but as quickly as bland reorients himself, unbelievably, it happens again. another pocket of dead air, and another midair collision. this time, two different wingsuit fliers. as they tumble in the sky, the team reaches 5,000 feet and bland signals to pull their parachutes. unsure if everybody is accounted for. >> after we opened the parachutes, i look around to see if the correct number o...

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So this is the place to shelter a flock at night. or to store grain after the summer with no risk of dampness. and for a young woman giving birth, no drafts. >> a trip to the holy land is as much a journey of emotion as it is distance: 2,000 years after the birth of christ there is so much sadness here and the town where the baby was wrapped up in clothes is now wrapped in barbed wire, and guard towers where the shepherds watched their sheep but you can look past the troubles and see the histori...

So this is the place to shelter a flock at night. or to store grain after the summer with no risk of dampness. and for a young woman giving birth, no drafts. >> a trip to the holy land is as much a journey of emotion as it is distance: 2,000 years after the birth of christ there is so much sadness here and the town where the baby was wrapped up in clothes is now wrapped in barbed wire, and guard towers where the shepherds watched their sheep but you can look past the troubles and see the histori...

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>> pelley: a military hearing for army private first class bradley manning came to a close in maryland today. prosecutors say he leaked hundreds of thousands of classified files. sharyl attkisson says that a judge will decide whether manning should face a court- martial. >> reporter: at the end of todays hearing, 24-year-old bradley manning wore an awkward smile as he was returned to confinement. the army intelligence analyst had just heard prosecutors accuse him of betraying his country, handin...