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Watch as daredevil wingsuiters fly over India’s Taj Mahal

French BASE jump legend Frederic Fugen was joined by Vincent Cotte and Aurelien Chatard for a historic wingsuit flight over India’s iconic tourist destination, the Taj Mahal

19/10/2022

Culture news

103-year-old Swedish woman sets record for world's oldest parachuter

103-year-old Rut Larsson becomes the world's oldest person to complete a tandem parachute jump after skydiving in Motala, Sweden.

30/05/2022

Moments

What is base jumping? We find out more from the top of Mount Brento

We head to Mount Brento in Italy to meet some of the best base jumpers in the world.

19/06/2021

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Skydive pitch: budding entrepreneurs take the leap in Dubai

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Skydive pitch: budding entrepreneurs take the leap in Dubai

10/12/2020

Ecotech

Watch Swiss skydiver make first ever jump from solar-powered plane

Raphaël Domjan parachutes off an electric plane, freefalling several hundred metres at speeds of over 150 km/h.

26/08/2020

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One step closer to autonomous human flight: Jetman flies 1,800m above

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Vince Reffet took to the skies equipped with a carbon fibre wing powered by four mini-jet engines. The Jetwing is controlled solely by the human body.

19/02/2020

France

Indoor skydiving? Here's how it works

With roots in traditional skydiving, it involves flying inside a glass-walled, vertical wind tunnel, rather than jumping out of a plane.

22/04/2019

Egypt

Skydivers soar over Egyptian Pyramids

The skydiving festival, now in its fourth year, will see 140 participants from 32 countries take flight over Giza's landmarks.

20/02/2019

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Gravity-defying indoor skydivers go for World Cup gold

The elite of Indoor Skydiving showed off impressive athleticism and teamwork at the third FAI World Cup of Indoor Skydiving.

30/10/2018