Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Franz Reichelt (16 October 1878 – 4 February 1912), also known as Frantz Reichelt [1] or François Reichelt, was an Austro-Hungarian-born [2] French tailor, inventor and parachuting pioneer, now sometimes referred to as the Flying Tailor, who is remembered for jumping to his death from the Eiffel Tower while testing a wearable parachute of his own design.
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. Date Name Age Location Details 4 February 1912 Franz Reichelt 33 France The inventor of a pre-modern wingsuit, jumped from the Eiffel Tower to his death ...
Hawton was wearing a jumpsuit with webbing, called a wingsuit, the report said. The Alamo resident later died at a hospital. ... Parachutes used by Barbara Cuddy, 48, and Robert Bigley, 32, became ...
If you've ever been skydiving, this is something you never want to happen -- losing your parachute while you're plunging to Earth. Terrifying video shows man's quick move after losing parachute ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
This is one of the most mind blowing locations I've ever seen and a experience of my lifetime. We start off at the platform of Aiguille du Midi at 3842 m and flying in high speeds down to the Chamonix valley before deploying our parachutes at a height giving us time to open up the wingsuit and preparing before landing safely at 1,035 m.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us