Wingsuit (wing suit made of fabric) allows you to triple the vertical speed in free fall (up to 70-80 km / h) and increase the flight range by 8-12 km, developing speed up to 200-250 km / h.
The flight time is, on average, 3 minutes. In the past few years, the so-called “proximity flights” have gained particular popularity, when a paratrooper flies a few meters along the slope of the mountains. For proximity flights, a rock with a slope greater than the flight quality of the wingsuit is selected. Usually, the flight is performed in the direction of the traverse of the slope, as if “skirting” the mountain. This allows the skydiver to follow the topography of the mountain, easily control the altitude over the slope by turning left or right, and quickly retreat to a safe distance from the mountain to deploy the parachute.
People have long tried to fly like birds. Most attempts to form wings for flight have ended fatally. There was even a ban on such attempts, it was in the middle of the 20th century.
In the mid-1990s, Frenchman Patrick de Gaillardon invented the modern wingsuit. He became interested in parachuting while still in the army: in 1985 and 1987 the young Frenchman became the winner of the French freestyle championship, and in 1986 he won silver at the world championship. It consisted of three wings. Each of them was made in two layers so that the incoming air flow would inflate them.
All three fabric wings have ribs inside, they are inflated by the oncoming flow through the air intakes, and when the parachutist is flying forward, they create lift. In addition, the pressure inside the wing creates the necessary rigidity, without which it would be difficult to hold the wing by hand.
The formal minimum to jump in a wingsuit is 200 skydiving.
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