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  2. Wingsuit flying - Wikipedia

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    The absence of a vertical stabilizing surface results in little damping around the yaw axis, so poor flying technique can result in a spin that requires active effort on the part of the skydiver to stop. Wingsuit proximity flying. A typical skydiver's terminal velocity in belly to earth orientation ranges from 180 to 225 km/h (110 to 140 mph ...

  3. World Parachuting Championships - Wikipedia

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    Parachuting : 9-26 October 2022 in Eloy, Arizona, USA, and is organised by Skydive Arizona. [1] 20th FAI World Canopy Formation Championships; 9th FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships; 3rd FAI World Canopy Piloting Freestyle Championships; 4th FAI World Wingsuit Flying Championships; 25th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships

  4. BASE jumping - Wikipedia

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    If the parachute is deployed while the jumper is unstable, there is a high risk of entanglement or malfunction. The jumper may also not be facing the right direction. Such an off-heading opening is not as problematic in skydiving, but an off-heading opening that results in object strike has caused many serious injuries and deaths in BASE jumping.

  5. Meet the skydiver who flew in a wingsuit past the castle ...

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    A subject of Walt Disney’s imagination for the Sleeping Beauty castle, Germany’s Neuschwanstein Castle is a go-to tourist destination for around 1.4 million people per year.

  6. Tracking (skydiving) - Wikipedia

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    On October 5, 2012, the Swiss Marc Hauser set a first world record in speed tracking, a discipline he founded. [4] The measured ground speed was 304 kilometres per hour (188.9 mph) over the dropzone of Skydive Empuriabrava, Spain. [5] Only a specially adapted skydiving suit was used (no wingsuit, tracking suit, nor additional weights were used ...

  7. Parachuting - Wikipedia

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    'Wingsuit flying' or 'wingsuiting' is the sport of flying through the air using a wingsuit, which adds surface area to the human body to enable a significant increase in lift. The common type of wingsuit creates an extra surface area with fabric between the legs and under the arms.

  8. How did 28 people die while skydiving near Lodi? Here’s what ...

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    Ciancio, who was from June Lake, was an experienced skydiver and had used a wingsuit hundreds of times before, according to a San Joaquin County death investigation. Aug. 6, 2016. Tyler Turner, ...

  9. Speed flying and speed riding - Wikipedia

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    Speed flying and speed riding are recreational and competitive adventure sports of flying lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. They are similar to sports to paragliding , but have smaller wings, higher flying speeds, and flightpaths descending close to a mountain slope.