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Wingsuit flying (or wingsuiting) is the sport of skydiving using a webbing-sleeved jumpsuit called a wingsuit to add webbed area to the diver's body and generate increased lift, which allows extended air time by gliding flight rather than just free falling.
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]
Using a specially-developed wingsuit, he glided down to the Rongbuk glacier more than 1,000 meters below, setting a new world record for highest altitude base jump. [18] He had previously jumped off mountains in Asia, Antarctica and South America in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012.
Wingsuit flying is often regarded as one of the most dangerous sports. More: Passengers sue US airline for 'emotional distress' after off-duty pilot attempted hijack
In 2010, Sommer launched a movie called Dream Lines - Part I [4] where he flies near the cliffs and mountains all over the world. He launched four episodes of Dream Lines including Dream Lines - Part III that reached more than 10 million views on YouTube [ citation needed ] and Dream Lines IV which exceeded four million views. [ 5 ]
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]
Luke Aikins (born November 21, 1973) [1] is an American professional skydiver, BASE jumper, pilot, and aerial photographer.He is the first person to intentionally dive from mid-tropospheric altitude and land safely without a parachute or a wingsuit and the second skydiver to intentionally jump and safely land without using a parachute.
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