Red Bull broke a record with the special “wingsuit” it developed [Video]

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When it comes to action sports, it is among the first brands that come to mind. Red Bull, specially developed “wingsuit” with “Longest Wingsuit Flight” He managed to break the record.

Prepared with the support of Red Bull Advanced Technologies engineers “winged wingsuit” flying over 12 kilometers for approximately six minutes with Peter Salzmann, broke a significant record. Regarding this development, the company said: quoted: “Austrian wingsuit pilot Peter Salzmann made his name in the history of human flight by performing a record flight that could redefine the boundaries of aerial adventure. Salzmann jumped from a snow-covered ledge at 4,063 meters in Switzerland’s Jungfrau mountain on Thursday, October 24, 2024, wearing a groundbreaking wingsuit foil. Reaching speeds of 200 km/h shortly after ascent, the athlete managed to fly for almost six minutes without engine propulsion, covering an incredible distance of 12.5 km before opening his parachute and landing safely between Lauterbrunnen and Interlaken.”

Red Bull had previously made a splash by landing a plane on the helipad above the iconic hotel Burj Al Arab in Dubai. In this regard “The shortest runway in the world “We landed.” The company that made the statement used a special propeller plane (which can stay in the air at low speeds) in the process.Weighs 425 kg) used. The pilot behind this challenging mission Luke CzepielaAccording to the statement made by the company, it was just in time to land on the 27-meter diameter helipad at the top of the 56-storey hotel. Made more than 650 test landings. Czepiela, who had only 20.76 meters to stop and managed to do this without any problems, as you can see in the video below, probably accomplished one of the craziest feats of his career. Landing with this plane was also done by “jumping down” from the helipad.

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The company had made a splash before with a step based in Türkiye. He came to the fore when he flew planes inside Çatalca tunnels. According to Red Bull Turkey’s statement Red Bull athlete Dario Costapassed the distance of 2.26 km with his plane through the T1 and T2 tunnels in Çatalca in just 43.44 seconds and opened a new page in the history of aviation. Guinness World Records It entered the Book of Records. The following was stated by the company about the flight, which you can see in the video below: “The record attempt took place in the T1 and T2 tunnels of the Northern Marmara Highway, Çatalca Location. In near darkness and closely surrounded by walls of concrete arcs, Costa made a difficult takeoff inside the first tunnel, ascended through an open air shaft, and then At a height between 70 centimeters and 1 meter flying, average per hour in the second tunnel a speed of 245 kilometers reached and continued its flight.”

“Taking off from the first tunnel, Costa arrived at the end of the second tunnel. in 43.44 seconds reached. Traveled a distance of 2,260 meters and reached an average speed of 245 kilometers per hour.” Costa said after this unforgettable success: “Everything happened very quickly. When I exited the first tunnel, the plane started moving to the right due to cross winds and at that moment everything slowed down in my mind. I reacted immediately and focused on getting the plane on the right path to enter the next tunnel. Then everything in my mind accelerated again.”



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