The world's first skydive without parachute

Name: The world's first skydive without parachute
Uploaded: 2012-05-23T21:50:37.000Z
Duration: 24 s
Description: A stuntman is thought to have become the first person to jump out of a helicopter and land safely without deploying a parachute.

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A stuntman has deliberately jumped out of a helicopter from 2,400ft (730m) in the air without a parachute.

Gary Connery was using an outfit called a "wingsuit", which allowed him to fly towards a controlled landing on a stack of cardboard boxes.

BBC News website reader Nick Middleton from Henley on Thames sent in his video of the stunt.

23 May 2012