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Jeb Corliss the flying man

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I had seen some brief videos of base jumpers and their wingsuits, but today saw an editor’s reel that featured this “wingnut”.

Corliss is pretty wild – his dream is to land from a free fall without a parachute. He wants to build a giant landing ramp that he would slide down stomach first (at 110 mph or so) to come to an eventual halt.

In the meantime, he keeps practicing ever more extreme flights to refine his control while flying the wingsuit.

In his most recent video he decides to get a close up look at Switzerland’s geology:

Written by colin

July 26th, 2010 at 5:43 pm