Video: 200-km/h wingsuit foiler pushes human flight to record levels

Peter Salzmann experiences the glory of flight, gliding into the world record books on October 24, 2024

Austrian aerial stuntman and all-around maniac Peter Salzmann has already pushed wingsuiting to a whole ‘nother level in strapping on an electric propulsion system to turn himself into what might be the closest thing we’ve ever seen to a human aircraft. Now he’s back breaking boundaries once again, this time swapping out propulsion in favor of a dramatic new foil system designed to increase lift and overall flight time, pushing man that much closer to the gravity-flaunting freedom of bird-kind.

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Dawn of a new extreme sport: The world’s first electric wingsuit

Wingsuit flying certainly captured folks’ attention when it first hit the mainstream around the turn of the millennium, sparking a wave of GoPro and Red Bull videos. Human flight had never been so personal or so physical as these intrepid maniacs half-… Continue reading Dawn of a new extreme sport: The world’s first electric wingsuit