Most people will find the video mentioned below worth watching.

Wingsuits are now available from a number of suppliers. However -

Old enough and experienced enough to have half a chance of staying
alive Yves Rossy, former military pilot and now Airbus Captain has
gone one better and developed a jet powered wing suit, dropped (with
user) from an aircraft and capable of powered ascent at 1000
feet/minute*. Current powered  duration is under 5 minutes. He plans a
unit with 10 minutes duration and capable of vertical climb. (*Actual
performance is moot - the climb rate figure came from the end of the
video whereas the web page statement is more modest.)

        http://www.jet-man.com/actuel_eng.html

Don't be surprised if you read of him dying any time, as a significant
number of wing suit pioneers have in the past.
Equally, he may successfully introduce a new facet to the sport.

Site has an extremely impressive     video of a complete flight in the
Swiss alps. Creative camera work adds to the apparent performance but
it is still an extremely impressive demonstration. Landing is, as with
all wing suits so far, by parachute. Exit from the aircraft looks
extremely risky. The rest of the flight doesn't look 100% safe either
:-).





        Russell





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