Human Red Arrows (with Wingsuits!)
Posted by Alex in Everything Else on April 2, 2009 at 8:36 am
Inspired by the UK Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows [beware: self-starting audio] aerial acrobatic team, a team of daredevils strive to emulate the stunts using only wing suits:
The team leap from a plane at 13,000ft and fly inches apart as they glide to earth at 120mph with smoke canisters strapped to their ankles. [...]
The extreme sport of wingsuit jumping started in 2002 but has grown in popularity and evolved into formation sky-diving.
The team – called Topgun’ – has members from Denmark, Sweden, Britain and Holland and jumps all over Europe in formations including up to 16 divers.
Link (with a blurry yet wicked cool video clip!) – via The Presurfer
(Photo: Mark Harris / SWNS)
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