Former aerospace safety engineer Fraser Corsan will attempt four world records in two separate jumps later this month in the US and Canada.
He has set himself four ambitious targets during the jumps:
:: To fly at an altitude beyond 40,000ft - higher than the summit of Everest.
:: To glide at 250mph - making him the fastest forward moving man in the world under his own steam.
:: To remain airborne for 10 minutes.
:: To travel 20 miles - the furthest distance ever flown in a wingsuit.
I went to film this week's Swipe with the 42-year-old at Netheravon Airfield in Wiltshire.
He told me: "We live in a world now which is controlled by safety and legislation, and whilst we have all the processes and procedures that we're going through... we are trying to push the limits a little bit and inspire people."
In Mr Corsan's 16 years of wingsuit piloting, he has covered more than 1,300 jumps, fallen a total height equal to 108 times the distance between Earth and space, and spent around 56 hours in freefall.
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He has set himself four ambitious targets during the jumps:
:: To fly at an altitude beyond 40,000ft - higher than the summit of Everest.
:: To glide at 250mph - making him the fastest forward moving man in the world under his own steam.
:: To remain airborne for 10 minutes.
:: To travel 20 miles - the furthest distance ever flown in a wingsuit.
I went to film this week's Swipe with the 42-year-old at Netheravon Airfield in Wiltshire.
He told me: "We live in a world now which is controlled by safety and legislation, and whilst we have all the processes and procedures that we're going through... we are trying to push the limits a little bit and inspire people."
In Mr Corsan's 16 years of wingsuit piloting, he has covered more than 1,300 jumps, fallen a total height equal to 108 times the distance between Earth and space, and spent around 56 hours in freefall.
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