Jumping from a Mountain in strong wind conditions doesn't necessarily mean it's more dangerous. If you're an experienced wingsuit pilot, you can use the wind to start higher and fly further, as long ...

Wingsuit Flying: Incredible Thrill, But 'No Second Chance' : The Two-Way The recent deaths of two more extreme sports enthusiasts who were trying to "fly" past mountains has brought new attention ...

If you're an experienced wingsuit pilot, you can use the wind to start higher and fly further, as long as the wind is coming from the right direction. Updraft at the exit and tailwind during the ...

The extreme sport of wingsuit flying that killed British stuntman Mark Sutton this week involves a special aerodynamic jumpsuit developed about a decade ago. It creates fabric batwing sleeves ...

Ever since wingsuit flying took off as an extreme sport around the year 2000, people have been wondering if it'd be possible to stick a motor on one, and give it the ability to accelerate and climb.

But wingsuit flying’s dangerous reputation, even by the standards of “extreme” sports, peaked last year when a record 38 people fell to their deaths, including 15 in August alone.

Dean Potter, 43, and his climbing partner Graham Hunt, 29, were both experienced at flying in wingsuits, the most extreme form of BASE - buildings, antennas, spans and Earth - jumping , which is ...

GENEVA — The extreme sport of wingsuit flying that killed British stuntman Mark Sutton this week involves a special aerodynamic jumpsuit developed about a decade ago. It creates fabric batwing ...

He flew in a wingsuit off the Eiger in Switzerland, nearly 9,000 vertical feet, a wingsuit base jump that lasted nearly three minutes. In the end, it was a wingsuit flight that killed Dean Potter.

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