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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 ...
Mateschitz was born on 20 May 1944, in Sankt Marein im Mürztal, Styria, Austria, [3] [4] to a family of Slovene-Styrian or Croatian ancestry.His mother's side was from present-day Styria, his father's side was from Maribor (then still part of Styria, but now in Slovenia); [5] [6] some sources place his ancestry in the area of Zadar where he allegedly had relatives and the surname Matešić ...
Wichian Klanprasert, a Thai police officer, was killed by Vorayuth Yoovidhya, grandson of billionaire Red Bull co-founder Chaleo Yoovidhya, in a hit-and-run incident in Bangkok, Thailand, on 3 September 2012.
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
Stunt pilot, Red Bull Air Race competitor Edge 540 [75] Casarrubios del Monte, Province of Toledo: Crashed into the ground during stunt routine [76] Mitsuyasu Maeno: Japan 1976 Erotic film actor Piper Cherokee: Setagaya, Tokyo Controlled flight into terrain into a house during a kamikaze attack John Gillespie Magee Jr. United States 1941 ...
From 2001 until his death, he was a professional Red Bull athlete. Thompson died on August 28, 2009, [1] while performing a wingsuit proximity-flying jump from a helicopter in the Swiss Alps, when he hit the side of the mountain. Thompson was married to Sarah Farooqui. He had two children; in September 2009, his wife was pregnant with his first ...
August 20 – Death of Tom Egging. A Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team "Red Arrows" aircraft (BAE Hawk T1) crashed after performing at an air show in Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom. The aircraft was witnessed to have plunged into the ground next to the River Stour, near the village of Throop.
Kelly McGarry (17 April 1982 – 1 February 2016) was a professional New Zealand freeride mountain biker and X-Games Athlete. He was known for his best trick award in the 2013 Red Bull Rampage when he backflipped a 72-foot canyon gap.