(YouTube link) The skies over Ottawa, Illinois saw 138 skydivers set a new world record this past weekend as they linked up in a snowflake formation. Months of planning and 15 attempts resulted in the stunt you...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/08/07/New-World-Record-Skydive/(Video Link) Stuntman Gary Connery dropped from a helicopter 2,400 feet in the air. His wingsuit slowed him down, but not by much. Connery would survive only if he hit a pile of boxes arranged to cushion his fall:...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/05/23/no-parachute-no-problem/Skydiving too mundane for you? Try this one instead: skyaki...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/30/skyaking/(vimeo link) This is a sport that can only exis... ...only exist in animation: a combination of diving, skydiving , and synchronized swimming. It seems silly at fir...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/18/divers/Here's a great shot taken at just the right moment as an airman jumps out of a HC-130 in Georgia. Superman can fly through the air, but this guy can walk on it. Link -via Gizmodo | Photo: Airman 1st Class Douglas...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/01/walking-on-air/(YouTube link) Stuntman Greg Gasson doesn't wear a parachute when he jumps out of a plane. He doesn't even wear shoes! Instead, he grabs a packed parachute with his hands. Don't try this at home -or anywhere! -via B...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/12/01/no-parachute-freefall/(YouTube link) Whee! Four skydivers do a choreographed dance in the Skydive Arena wind tunnel in Prague, Czech Republic. The music is "Fot i Hose" by Casiokids. -via Metafilter...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/06/14/anti-gravity-dancing/(Video Link) Sgt. Adam Sniffen of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne division dropped into the football stadium at the University of Michigan to deliver the game ball. A tongue-controlled head-mounted camera captured h...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/10/14/parachuting-into-a-football-stadium/(Video Link) YouTube user KleinerLudewig jumped out of an airplane at 4,300 meters while sitting in a small rubber boat and solved a Rubik's Cube in 31.5 seconds. He finished at 2,500 meters and then deployed his p...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/08/17/solving-a-rubiks-cube-while-skydiving/(YouTube Link) In this Japanese-language razor commercial, a man shaves his face after he's jumped out of an airplane. It's one part of a whole ad campaign in which men shave under extreme conditions, such as while...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/01/31/extreme-shaving-while-skydiving/