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Red Bull’s racing engineers helped design this record-setting wingsuit.
Using a 6.8-foot wing optimized by Red Bull Advanced Technologies, on October 24th Peter Salzmann set a new record for longest BASE jump flight distance traveling over 7.7 miles for nearly six minutes. The flight started at an altitude of 13,330 feet on one of Switzerland’s tallest peaks, according to New Atlas, and Salzmann hit speeds of up to 124mph during their descent.
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