Wingsuit flying or wingsuiting is the sport of flying the human body through the air using a special jumpsuit, called a wingsuit, which adds surface area to the human body to enable a significant increase in lift.
Modern wingsuits, first developed in the late 1990s, create the surface
area with fabric between the legs and under the arms. Wingsuits are
sometimes referred to as birdman suits (after the makers of the first commercially available wingsuit), flying squirrel suits (due to their resemblance to the animal), or bat suits (due to their vague resemblance to the animal or perhaps the superhero).
A wingsuit flight normally ends with a parachute opening, and so a
wingsuit can safely be flown from any point that provides sufficient
altitude for flight and parachute deployment, normally a skydiving drop aircraft or BASE-jump exit point. The wingsuit flier wears parachute
equipment designed for skydiving or BASE-jumping. The parachute flight
is normal, but the canopy pilot typically unzips the arm wings after
deployment to be able to reach the steering toggles and control the
parachute descent. Click for More...
Wingsuit flying or wingsuiting is the sport of flying the human body through the air using a special jumpsuit, called a wingsuit, which adds surface area to the human body to enable a significant increase in lift.
Modern wingsuits, first developed in the late 1990s, create the surface
area with fabric between the legs and under the arms. Wingsuits are
sometimes referred to as birdman suits (after the makers of the first commercially available wingsuit), flying squirrel suits (due to their resemblance to the animal), or bat suits (due to their vague resemblance to the animal or perhaps the superhero).
A wingsuit flight normally ends with a parachute opening, and so a
wingsuit can safely be flown from any point that provides sufficient
altitude for flight and parachute deployment, normally a skydiving drop aircraft or BASE-jump exit point. The wingsuit flier wears parachute
equipment designed for skydiving or BASE-jumping. The parachute flight
is normal, but the canopy pilot typically unzips the arm wings after
deployment to be able to reach the steering toggles and control the
parachute descent. Click for More...
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