Wingsuit Flying

Wingsuit flying, also called wingsuiting, is flight in free fall wearing a specialized suit with fabric wings sewn between the arms and torso and between the legs. The extra surface area slows a flier's vertical speed and increases horizontal speed, producing a controllable glide, though it restricts some of the wearer's normal range of motion. A wingsuit flight typically begins by jumping from an aircraft or a fixed object and ends with a parachute deployment, with aircraft and fixed object jumps each using their own exit procedures, equipment, and training. The Federation Aeronautique Internationale recognizes both wingsuit performance flying, judged on time, horizontal distance, and horizontal speed, and acrobatic flying, in which teams perform routines judged from a camera flier's footage, as international competition disciplines.