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Stuntman Gary Connery celebrates after his attempt to become the first skydiver to land without the aid of a parachute on May 23, in Henley-on-Thames, England. Professional Hollywood stuntman performed a 3,000ft BASE jump without the aid of a parachute, landing on 24,000 cardboard boxes in his home town of Henley upon Thames. Gary was wearing a revolutionary wing suit, which lessens the forces of gravity as he descended, requiring him to land at the optimal angle to the boxes as he approached at speeds in excess of 90mph.
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Stuntman Gary Connery (bottom) is seen in the sky wearing a specially developed wingsuit near Henley-on-Thames, west of London May 23. He jumped from a helicopter at 2,400 feet and successfully landed without the use of a parachute.
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Stuntman Gary Connery attempts to become the first skydiver to land without the aid of a parachute on May 23, 2012 in Henley-on-Thames, England.
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Stuntman Gary Connery, wearing a specially developed wingsuit, prepares to land among cardboard boxes in Henley-on-Thames, west of London May 23. He had jumped from a helicopter at 2,400 feet and successfully landed without the use of a parachute.
Eddie Keogh / Reuters
Stuntman Gary Connery, wearing a specially developed wingsuit, lands among cardboard boxes in Henley-on-Thames, west of London May 23. He had jumped from a helicopter at 2,400 feet and successfully landed without the use of a parachute.
Daredevil Gary Connery is the first person to jump from a helicopter in a wingsuit and land without deploying a parachute. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown has the story.
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Solar System Express is working on a system for a more controlled system to enable this in a larger market.
In the year 1630 a Turkish man flew from Europe to Asia in Istanbul using similar wings.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galata_Tower
Some of my ancient relatives strapped on wings and flew to the sun, though they burned up.
what they are not telling you in this article is; after the flight he was returned to the Mental Hospital where he has been a patient for many years.
Its easy to land parachute free. Not so easy to be alive afterwards.
Way to go Gary . This has been a dream for a long time and you made it happen . Military special forces , meet your new challenge .
They should make the boxes in the shape of coffins.
Why is it than when I tried this as a kid it never worked?
You must jump from 2,400 feet to make it work. I guess your house wasnt that big enough.
You forgot to paint that big red "S" on your cape (bath towel).
I tried it too, with wings made of cardboard, jumping off a dog house - went splat - got up, but the wind had been knocked out of me, so I fainted. I was about eight years old. This could have been me had I nurtured my more adventurous side.
That's got to be way up there on the pucker-factor scale.
Awesome stuff! This dude has some balls!
Yes, and they are now in one of those cardboard boxes. LOL
Whats the point?
Actually if you see the angle he landed at, he no longer has any balls or a weapon of any kind, oh my.
Maybe he was wearing a jock strap? I would...
The guy has a BIG pair to try that. Way braver than me. Kudos!
Not strictly a BASE jump since he dropped from a helicopter, but impressive nonetheless.
Yes. Big balls that apparently are rather aerodynamic as well...
Ouch! Paper cut.
The balls were heard to scream WTF and draw up into his abdomen immediately after he exited the helicopter.
What confidence he had!!! Just miss the boxes a little and.......!!!!
There is a huge difference between confidence and stupidity. He had the former, due to a greater abundance of the latter.
Or vice versa.
Absolute Idiot, but I like it, I may even do it. I have always been afraid of things like parachutes with a 0 glide ratio if they Roman Candle...Same with helicopters, they just don't glide that well without a rotor. I would like to know the horizontal and vertical speeds when he landed.
What part of "90 MPH" did you miss? :)
Next time try it without the cardboard boxes and that will be *really* impressive...
my thoughts exactly.
agreed, boxes = cheating
Agree. Landing on a big artificial cushion invalidates the true feat if you ask me. He needs to land on the natural earth--or water, or a mud pit, something natural, for it to count. Otherwise may as well use a 'chute, it's just a different type of impact lessening device.
Its coming Modern . They adhere to that old crazy " crawl before you can walk " thing .
I'm game but I tell you what you guys go first.
DAYUM!!!
the title should say "crash" landing.
Those that try to better this stunt better make sure they don't hit a gust of wind (and miss the boxes), or splat!
Oh, but it will be so cool to see them go splat on Youtube!
Incredible stunt. Don't try it at home.
I wish my last boss would try this at home.
People have survived 30,000 ft falls without a parachute, wingsuit or card board boxes.
Yeah every day more than 10 people survive those heights! You are completely right. What a show-off.
That is quite true, but they were very, very lucky, fell the right way, landed the right way; all by accident. Thsi guy just happens to be a jackass stuntman looking for attention and doing a lot of things without the aid of understanding Physics; a very stupid thing indeed.
name one
Hey wise ass ONERMAILLIW, below is a link to Popular Mechanics that lists just a few incidents of people surviving falls far higher than this guy dove.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/aviation/safety/4344036
And when you can't find 24 thousand empty cardboard boxes to CRASH-LAND on, then what do you do?
Hoping 23,000 boxes will suffice too.
No problem, there is a large CONCRETE 'landing strip' nearby.
Wow , that was cool ....
Combining sky diving and boxing .... "LOL"
Where did the second person end up?
Human lawn dart.
Looks like he had an emergency chute on his back just in case.... Maybe next time it could be linked with a Feather Pillow manufacture for sponsorship...or Sealy Mattress PPl...probably not as big of a splash...by the way? Did he get a paper cut? That fast at proper angle could be like razor blades.
No wingsuit "lessens the force of gravity". I can't remember the last time I heard a statement this stupid. It may "increase the force of lift", but the only way there's ever going to be a "lessening of the force of gravity" is if the earth loses some mass.
Of course, but I have found it nearly impossible to expect intellect in these forums or written by these (jackasses!) journalists. Our code will be F=MA.
looks like a flyin' squirrel
When he gets crushed on impact, my laughing will begin. What a stupid jackass!
he should try landing in water, i mean i can just see it now, people flying all over the place, and they way they drive, they'll be mid air collision all over the city.
and high winds ha! dont get me started!
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, hitting the water at 90 MPH, smart, really smart; NOT!
I'm surprised the weight of his cojones didn't speed up his descent to a speed that was not survivable.
Cum on! That comment was just plain NUTS!