Wingsuiting is a sport where participants wear a special jumpsuit that creates lift and allows them to glide through the air after jumping from planes or cliffs. Modern wingsuits, developed in the late 1990s, create surface area with fabric under the arms and between the legs. Proximity flying is an advanced technique where wingsuiters fly close to fixed objects or the ground at high speeds. While exciting, wingsuiting also carries risks, as 36 jumpers died in wingsuit accidents in 2016 alone, underscoring the dangerous nature of the sport.

1. WINGSUTING
BY: Jimena Fernández & Iria Varona
1º ESO A Bilingual Group

2. DEFINITION OF WINGSUTING
-It is the art of flying the
human body through
the air using a special
jumpsuit that shapes the
human body into an
airfoil which creates lift,
which adds surface area
to the human body to
enable a significant
increase in lift.

3. EQUIPMENT

4. HOW WAS WINGSUTING CREATED?
• Modern wingsuit, first developed
in the late 1990s, creates a surface
area with fabric between the legs
and under the arms.
• Wingsuits are sometimes referred to as:
 "birdman suits" (after the makers of
the first commercially available
wingsuit)
 "flying squirrel suits" (due to their
resemblance to the animal)
 and "bat suits" (due to their
resemblance to the animal or
perhaps the superhero).

5. PROXIMITY FLIYING
• Proximity Flying is an advanced
discipline in Wingsuit BASE
Jumping.
• Athletes will plan a line which
allows them to pass close to
fixed objects or the ground at
high speed.
• This is in contrast to Wingsuit
BASE, the focus of which is to
create separation from fixed
objects and exit points in order
to open a parachute in a hazard-
free space.

6. NOT ALL ABOUT WINGSUTING IS GOOD
In 2016, 36 jumpers with wingsuit died, a record that
forces us to rethink the basics of a sport as exciting as
dangerous.
• TV presenter and extreme-sports
enthusiast Álvaro Bultó died on
Friday morning in an accident while
wingsuit flying in the Swiss Alps. He
was 51.
• Armando del Rey, his fellow and
mate in the team Project Wings, that
flew behind him when it fell,
explained the details of an
unexpected accident, in a jump
without technical difficulties and
that had done many times.

7. VIDEO ABOUT WINGSUTING:
• https://youtu.be/n3iSjcKElH8

8. THANKS FOR YOUR ATENTION!!