Posted by Dan Wareham on June 23, 2009 in Base Jumping
Wingsuit Flyer Faster Than Speeding Plane
With nothing more than a wing-suit and helmet, base-jumper Ueli Gegenschatz - aka ‘Sputnik’ - leapt out of a plane at 14,763 feet in the air and flew unaided for 10.9 miles over Galway Bay, Ireland, beating a local plane to the airport, and earning the world record for the longest wing-suit flight in history.
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