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• Wingsuit Soldiers – Flying Man Suit

  
  Fun is 2 cool — Authority: 121
  This is described as a modular upgrade for parachute systems for use in “high-altitude, high-opening” jump missions, typically carried out by Special Forces. This 6-foot wing gives a glide ratio of 5:1, which means that a drop from 30,000 feet will allow you to glide about 30 miles. The makers estimate that this ...
  1 week ago

• Air Force Wingsuits: The Future Is Now

  
  What The Christ? — Authority: 153
  A German aviation group called the Special Parachute and Logistics Consortium is working on a product called the Gryphon Next Generation Parachute System . In a nutshell, it’s a fucking military grade wingsuit that essentially turns a parachuting soldier into a precision glider. They’re even working on a ...
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• Look Out Below! Wingsuits Pushed for Airbone Assaults

  
  Wired: Danger Room — Authority: 123
  Yves Rossy , aka “Jet man” and “Fusion Man,” has grabbed headlines with his jet-powered flights with an eight-foot wing strapped to his back. But he could be joined some time soon by commandos on an airborne assault. Last year, Rossy successfully flew twenty-two miles across the English Channel. Last ...
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• Swiss Valley

  
  High Places — Authority: 409
  All I can say is, it’s a good thing the NPS outlaws this crazy insanity in Yosemite. Who knows what would happen if you start letting people fly–I mean, how would you REGULATE them? Swiss Valley from steph davis on Vimeo .
  4 weeks ago

• Aliens Caught On Camera As 68 Score Wingsuit Skydiving Record

  
  Anorak News — Authority: 608
  ALL over the internets pictures of “68 specially-qualified wingsuit skydivers” setting the “official US record for Wingsuit Formation Skydiving”. It was in aide of Raise the Sky , an LA charity that wants to keep children in school. But look again at the picture. There are not 68 parachutes. There are 70. ...
  4 weeks ago

• Ueli Gegenschatz has died

  
  Joe The Flow — Authority: 143
  After an accident during a BASE jump on Nov. 11, aerialist Ueli Gegenschatz has died in a Swiss hospital. This spring at TED, Gegenschatz spoke movingly of his desire “to come as close as possible to the human dream of being able to fly.” Our thoughts are with his friends and family. Wingsuit jumping is the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Daredevils break world skydiving record with diamond formation of 70 people

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 968
  Record for the greatest number of people to skydive in formation wearing wingsuits.
  4 weeks ago

• World Record BASE Jump

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 774
  National Geographic’s Adventure Magazine named ten people as Adventurers of the Year, and invite you to rate each of them to help them determine the readers’ choice top adventurer. One of the profiles features 37-year-old Dean S. Potter, rock climber, tightrope walker, and BASE jumper. Potter set a world record in ...
  4 weeks ago

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