![]() ![]() While the parachute flight is normal, the canopy pilot must unzip arm wings (after deployment) to be able to reach the steering parachute toggles and control the descent path. ![]() ![]() The wingsuit flier wears parachuting equipment specially designed for skydiving or BASE jumping. Like all skydiving disciplines, a wingsuit flight almost always ends by deploying a parachute, and so a wingsuit can be flown from any point that provides sufficient altitude for flight and parachute deployment – a drop aircraft, or BASE-jump exit point such as a tall cliff or mountain top. The modern wingsuit, first developed in the late 1990s, uses a pair of fabric membranes stretched flat between the arms and flanks/ thighs to imitate an airfoil, and often also between the legs to function as a tail and allow some aerial steering. Wingsuit flying (or wingsuiting) is the sport of skydiving using a webbing- sleeved jumpsuit called a wingsuit to add webbed area to the diver's body and generate increased lift, which allows extended air time by gliding flight rather than just free falling. ![]()
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