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Red Bull’s F1-engineered wingsuit foil has set a new 12.5km BASE world record, piloted by Austrian Peter Salzmann. More specifically, he flew without engine propulsion for nearly six minutes, covering a distance of 12.5 km that included an altitude difference of 3,402m.
The records broken include Longest BASE Flight Time, Furthest BASE Flight Distance, and Biggest BASE Jump from start to landing. This wingsuit foil took three years to develop in collaboration with Red Bull Advanced Technologies, and it resembles a hydrofoil with a 2.1-meter wing. Jumping from a ledge at 4,063m on the Jungfrau’s north side, in conditions that included temperatures ranging from –5 to +9°C and winds reaching up to 37 km/h, Salzmann managed to achieve a top speed of 200 km/h.
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The wingsuit foil flight today was just like out of space. It was a really challenging flight; I had everything in this flight. It was a true challenge – it was super exhausting, but also the best feeling in between. All in all, I’m just super happy that everything went well like this, and I could manage the longest foil flight,” said Salzmann.
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