| VIDEO: British stuntman becomes first person to complete 'parachute free skydive' Stuntman takes-off ready for parachute-free skydive Gary Connery has taken off in the helicopter ready to attempt his parachute-free skydive A stuntman has become the first person to jump out of a helicopter wearing a wingsuit and land without deploying a parachute. Twitter : twitter.com et ma chaine youtube LIKMA38 : www.youtube.com Henley-based Gary Connery dived from 2400ft into a landing strip made up of 18000 cardboard boxes. The whole flight lasted around 35 seconds and after Mr Connery laned the medical team rushed into the boxes to find him. He finally emerged to huge applause. . After the dive Mr Connery said: I haven't really digested myself what's happened. Absolutely amazing, I'm overwhelmed with the whole crew. I'm so choked with the turnout, it's been an amazing experience. The professional stuntman's biography includes falling from a car as it goes over a waterfall in the film Indianna Jones, where he was a double for John Hurt.Here's a brief look at his background: Gary joined the army, 3 para, at 23, where he started military parachuting, skydiving and BASE jumping. Since then he has done over 880 skydives and 450 BASE jumps. He did his first wingsuit jump more than eight years ago and has focused mainly on this since. The professional stuntman has appeared in a host of films including The Beach, Dead Fish, Indiana Jones, Johnny English Reborn and the Bond film Die Another ... |
