Video link to wingsuit landing here

[Anvilbrother 0]

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-05-23/watch-the-parachute-free-skydive/

Everyones looking for it, here it is. Dude did it!

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[Maxx 1]

or here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9IRC_b4g7Sg#!

[excaza 1]

One would think they'd include the part where he walks out.

[Anvilbrother 0]

I am sure all the good shots including him standing up are being held for cash from some news company, or some action sports shows. I would after risking all that.

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[ManagingPrime 0]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wingman-gary-connery-stuntman-completes-844926

Includes post jump interview.

[Remster 30]

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One would think they'd include the part where he walks out.

This video shows him walking out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un1C9TkP7JU&feature=watch_response

Remster

[davjohns 1]

Brilliant! Congrats to him!

I know it just wouldnt be right to kill all the stupid people that we meet..

But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course.

[tsalnukt 1]

And he didn't have to use a multi-million dollar ramp or go to vegas to do it.

It's nice to see someone do it instead of talk about it for 5 years.

Congrats dude. You win the grande cajones award!!

[grimmie 186]

"him, him..."

[robinheid 0]

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And he didn't have to use a multi-million dollar ramp or go to vegas to do it.

It's nice to see someone do it instead of talk about it for 5 years.

Congrats dude. You win the grande cajones award!!

And the Occam's Razor Engineering Award.

Well done, young man.

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[ridestrong 1]

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And he didn't have to use a multi-million dollar ramp or go to vegas to do it.

It's nice to see someone do it instead of talk about it for 5 years.

Congrats dude. You win the grande cajones award!!

+1

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[uberchris 0]

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"him, him..."

"FUCK him"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gravity brings me down.........

[grimmie 186]

And the boxes didn't have advertising all over them, just a guy with a wingsuit and a dream. Awesome.

[Namowal 0]

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And the boxes didn't have advertising all over them, just a guy with a wingsuit and a dream. Awesome.

I noticed that too. I thought "In the future we'll know this is footage of the first landing because there's no adds or logos on the boxes..."

More importantly, does he owe all of us beer? I think so!

My blog with the skydiving duck cartoons.

[Para_Frog 1]

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And the boxes didn't have advertising all over them, just a guy with a wingsuit and a dream. Awesome.

Well said. +1

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[shah269 0]

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And the boxes didn't have advertising all over them, just a guy with a wingsuit and a dream. Awesome.

What a man what a freaking man!
Go buddy! You rock!

Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay.

The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

[fly2live 0]

Walks out of the boxes in this one.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xr0i36_wingsuit-jumper-completes-no-parachute-fall_fun#from=playrelon-1

We're here for a good time, not a long time..

[grimmie 186]

Nope, I think we all owe him a beer.

[normiss 798]

That's not how beer rules work.

[CornishChris 5]

A dream... ...and hundreds of people like me (skydivers, friends and randoms alike) spending all day building boxes. Was amazing to be even a small part of today and I have to say Gary is so humble and cool. Just a guy doing what he loves!! Got to admit that watching it live had me in more nerves than the last several hundred jumps. Rather him than me!

CJP

Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people

[decompresion 2]

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That's not how beer rules work.

That's exactly how they work.
When you do something for the first time you owe beer to all those who have come before you.
When there is no one before you, you owe nothing because there is no one to owe it to.

There are no dangerous dives
Only dangerous divers

[mirage62 0]

Whats really cool to me is that he just put the whole thing together with what is known to work. Card board box landings aren't "new" He knew the decent rate....of course the extra BIG set of balls he is carrying around didn't hurt.

Kevin Keenan is my hero, a double FUP, he does so much with so little

[pchapman 279]

So you don't have to wear black to do a stunt like that!

The BBC video showing him walking out does show that he wore a neck brace.

Am curious what rig he wore -- not too much weight on the back would be nice during the deceleration.

[CornishChris 5]

He wears a neck brace on many jumps. Base rig, not sure which.

Many CAA exemptions required...

CJP

Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people

[mdrejhon 8]

What impressed me was how slow the landing looked, at least on video. Wingsuits are known to go incredibly fast.

I bet that after analyses are done on the landing angles and speeds, that people will be doing other wingsuit landings within the next decade for publicity/fame/media -- now that this path is trailblazed -- including on a slide, on a ski slope (with skiis), and more. I see ski jumpers going at higher velocities than this!