I first saw wingsuit skydiving the movie Tomb Raiders with Angelina Jolie and was intrigued by the sport. Wingsuit flying is a sport that involves wears a suit that has fabric under the arms and between the legs that enables you to fly somewhat like the flying squirls of South America. Wingsuit skydivers wear a parashoot and the sport resembles that of skydiving instead of free falling you glide through the air in a wingsuit until you reach the proper altitude to open your parashoot. According to Wikipedia the wingsuit was used as early as the 1930s. The suits were made of canvas, wood, silk, steel and whale bone and weren't reliable. Aren't you glad you live in this century?
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