0 a piece of clothing with artificial wings, used for flying in the air following a jump from an aircraft or from a high place
It is not clear, though, whether the more recent sport of wingsuit flying fits under the definition of free fall skydiving.
The patagium works as a wingsuit enabling it to maneuver and glide through the air.
It is a mix between a hang-glider and a wingsuit.
A wingsuit instructor program followed the year after.
He perfected a way of gliding through the air with a home-made wingsuit.
His first successful powered wingsuit jump was in 2007, when he reached horizontal speeds of over 255 km/h (160 mph).
The tri-wing wingsuit has three individual ram-air wings attached under the arms and between the legs.
At the time, the sport of skydiving was in its infancy, yet the movie featured an extreme variation of the sport known as wingsuit flying.
