The rush of air inflated the suit’s three wings, allowing him to glide. This first modern wingsuit transformed BASE jumping: named for launch points building, antenna, span (bridge), and earth.

Witnesses said the unidentified skydiver had attempted tens of thousands of jumps in his lifetime, according to a release from Skydive Arizona.

This video of French wingsuit flier purportedly landing on a lake in Italy without a parachute is making the rounds today. In it, Raphael Dumont supposedly climbs a mountain, jumps off it ...