Amazing Wingsuit Video Compliation

[Wizzo]

Wingsuit flying is a relatively young sport but it is progressing at an incredibly fast pace. A wingsuit flight normally ends with a parachute opening, so they can be safely flown from any point that provides sufficient altitude for flight and parachute deployment.

This 5 minute video shows just what these guys are capable of and if your thinking 'wow that looks fast' - your right, it is. The fastest recorded wingsuit flight is 226mph!

[F1fanaticBD]

Great find Wizzo 

[John S]

Whee-Hee, good one Wizzo  - looks like you and your chums had fun.   

.......And not a broomstick in sight.  - How does he do it? 

[Scott]

Last month I met a couple of wing suit flyers at a big festival up in our village.  One was an American from California who is taking a year to learn the sport up in Chamonix (F), and the other is actually from our village - I know his Dad quite well.  I didn't know about his son doing the flying before, but it turns out he is one of Switzerland's best wing suit flyers, and is even semi-pro, doing commercials and stuff.

Of course I put my foot in it.  They had told me they were base jumpers and so I take the next logical step and say wow, that's dangerous, but now those wing suit guys, they're simply nuts.  They then went on to explain that base jumping was just their intro drug to adrenalin, but they were both wing suit flyers and even showed me a video they had made the day before.  I still think both base jumping and wing suit flying is people with a quasi death wish, and that a good portion of those who do it regularly will most likely not die from anything else.