Wingsuits

Peter Salzmann has already pushed wingsuiting to a new level via electric propulsion. Now he's back, unplugging the power with a dramatic new foil system designed to push man closer to the gravity-flaunting freedom of bird kind.

Ever since wingsuit flying took off as an extreme sport around the year 2000, people have been wondering if it'd be possible to stick a motor on one, and give it the ability to accelerate and climb. The answer is yes, as you'll see in this video.

A British wingsuit jumper is planning an assault on no less than four of the biggest world records in the sport. Jumping from a height over 40,000 feet, he aims to break the distance record of 19-odd miles, the top speed record of more than 250mph and the duration record of 9 minutes.

Recon Instruments has released a goggle-mounted performance computer for skydiving, BASE jumping and wingsuit flying.

The hyper-spectacular sport of wingsuit flying is ideally suited to television. Hence, it's not surprising that the the World Wingsuit League will hold its first Grand Prix on October 13-14 in Hunan, China.