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Wingsuit BASE: (1) Exit (2) Flight (3) Deployment (4) Landing. As suit technology and pilot skill have improved, wingsuit BASE jumpers have learned to control their flight so that they can fly within several meters of terrain. “Proximity flying” is the practice of flying a wingsuit close to the faces and ridges of mountains.
Jari Kuosma (born 3 March 1969 in Helsinki) is the original developer of modern and commercial wingsuit (as a product), wingsuit flying (as a sport) and owner of BirdMan Inc. [1] [2] Kuosma has over 5000 jumps. He has worked as an Accelerated Free Fall (AFF) Instructor in USA, Sweden and Venezuela. [3]
Fatalities from wingsuit flying have occurred almost from the inception of the sport. Listed below are notable examples where wingsuit pilots were publicly named in the press, including when wingsuit practice was not the first cause of death. This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information. Date Name Age Location Details 4 February 1912 Franz Reichelt 33 France The ...
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French wingsuit acrobats Boris Paturet and Nicolas Minvielle take part in an acrobatic wingsuit training flight in Pamiers, southwestern France, on Oct. 30.
It also offered the highly spectacular discipline of wingsuit flying. In order to rationalise the business situation after all the aerodrome's changes of ownership over the years, in 2005, Skydive Empuriabrava acquired Fórmula y Propiedades SL , which it owned until 2012 when the company was bought by a sovereign wealth fund from Dubai through ...
Vincent Reffet was a professional parachutist. He completed 17,000 parachute jumps and 1,400 BASE jumps.He began wingsuit flying in 2002. He was a parachute instructor, "Jetman" pilot, licensed private pilot, wind tunnel instructor (totaling 1000 hours), and pioneer and instructor in speed riding. [1]
Ueli "The Sputnik" Gegenschatz (January 3, 1971, Wald – November 13, 2009, Zurich) was a Swiss BASE jumper, paraglider and skydiver who made over 1,500 jumps in his career. . Ueli Gegenschatz was known for his expert paragliding, skydiving and BASE jumping and Wingsuit flying, and was considered an idol of the Swiss BASE jumping sce