I love watching the development and innovation in the world of wingsuits. In a sport which is essentially in its embryonic stages, each year technology, concepts and materials are literally leaping forward. Phoenix-Fly are about to release their ultimate flying machine, the Vampire 5. I spoke to Robbie Pecnik, the mastermind and pilot behind ...
This is a new monthly series that delves into the lives of the key players in the wingsuit and BASE jumping world. The first one is James, and although not as well know as the likes of Jeb Corliss, Jokke Sommer or Espen Fadnes, he is often the guy behind the camera filming the other heroes as they carve down mountains and gullies only a few ...
Felix Baumgartner’s supersonic freefall from the edge of space on October 14, 2012, reached an even faster speed than originally estimated: Mach 1.25. The statistic was just part of many new findings from the three-month-long analysis of mission data conducted by the Red Bull Stratos science team. Here are some of the facts: Felix is ...
How? I often get asked – how does one get into wingsuit flying? The first important point is that there is a big difference between skydiving with a wingsuit and BASE jumping. It’s a bit like the difference between climbing with a rope and climbing without one. The latter requires a lot more skill, knowledge and experience. Most ...
In the final piece of our Yves Rossy series, we conclude with an interview with the legend himself. I ask him about his future Glider School (which was covered in part 1.5). If you missed the first two write-ups in the series you can find them here: http://daily.epictv.com/blog/2013/02/06/the-story-of-yves-rossy-part-one/ ...
In the first piece in this series on Yves Rossy, I introduced the Swiss visionary and innovator who is the only man in the world to fly a fixed wing with jets. Now it may be possible for you to do it too, strap on a wing and be like Jetman! In this interim article we look at Yves new concept – Flight School ! Rossy hopes that one day ...
Yves Rossy is a legend! He has been developing flying contraptions for years and is now the only person in the world to fly a fixed wing with jets on, professionally. Backed by Breitling he now travels the World entertaining at airshows and appearing on Television, like the very popular BBC Top Gear. He has also spoken on the infamous TED ...
Breaking out from the cold and snowy winter months, last summer, there were the biggest Wingsuit and Tracking competitions in the World in Siofok Kiliti, Hungary. There was also a category for Naked Tracking* so now you can win prizes for getting your kit off and jumping out of planes ! I had to investigate more… As it turns out the ...
On 14th October 2012 the Austrian Skydiver,Felix Baumgartner (born 20 April 1969) broke three World Records. The first human to break the sound barrier without vehicular assistance – Mach 1.24 (1,342 kilometres per hour (834 mph). He set another World record for skydiving from 39 km (24 miles) above the surface of the Earth and he set an ...
Alastair Lee from Posing Productions has found a niche, Hollywood style climbing films. In my opinion there is only one other contender and that’s Sender Films with Pete Mortimer and the Lowell brothers. There are lots of other excellent film makers too, but ithese two have got something special. Four years ago Lee teamed up with the ...
