Watch French ‘Les Soul Flyers’ Jump Out of a Plane and Set an Insane World Record

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Watch French ‘Les Soul Flyers’ Jump Out of a Plane and Set an Insane World Record


Watch Les Soul Flyers break the world report as they fly over 4.6 miles in 3 minutes, 5 seconds, setting a brand new report for the longest wingsuit flight distance.

Most folks BASE leap off of cliffs or skyscrapers. Some folks BASE leap out of plane. Fred Fugen, Vincent Cotte, and Aurélien Chatard, also referred to as the flying crew Les Soul Flyers, not solely BASE jumped out of a helicopter tens of hundreds of toes within the air, however in addition they made historical past doing so.

Les Soul Flyers set the world report for the longest wingsuit flight ever.

The three wingsuit professionals suited up, and their helicopter carried them to altitude. Then they made the leap, excessive above the well-known Mont Blanc summit within the French Alps.

Their flight provides a brand new perspective of the mountain as they fly over unbelievable glaciers, crevasses, and cliffs. They speed up to skin-crawling speeds, doing methods in good unison, flying on and on for what appears like an eternity.

The means Fugen shouts radio instructions to Cotte and Chatard reveals how a lot he studied their route. He appears to have the mountain and its options memorized because the trio navigates the fall-line of Mont Blanc. They glide, they dive, they soar down the mountain and over Glacier des Bossons straight into the city of Les Bossons.

It’s a rush simply watching this video. It’s laborious to think about the adrenaline kick Les Soul Flyers felt after the longest wingsuit flight in historical past. To see extra of the well-known trio’s wingsuit feats, take a look at Fred Fugen’s athlete web page on the RedBull website.

Runtime: 4.5 minutes

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Rebecca Ross

By Rebecca Ross

Rebecca Ross is a employees author at GearJunkie. She has been writing about backpacking, mountaineering, mountaineering, and journey for over three years. Prior to GearJunkie, Rebecca was a contract photographer and author for Climbing Magazine, Decathlon, 57Hours, and ExplorersWeb. Based in Washington state, Rebecca has intensive coaching and expertise in climbing of all kinds: trad, sport, bouldering, ice, alpine, and her favourite, mountaineering. She additionally enjoys operating, backpacking, images, swimming, cooking, studying, and crocheting.

Topics: wingsuiting, BASE Jumping

Tags: wingsuit, base leaping, wingsuit flying



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