Video: Stuntman survives first-ever 2400-foot skydive without parachute

Gary Connery, a 42-year old stuntman, has become the first man to jump 2,400 feet (731 meters) and land safely -- without the use of a parachute. Years of training and a specially-designed wingsuit are to be credited for this truly intrepid feat. ­Connery gave his flabbergasting performance in (or, rather, above) Ridge Wood in Buckinghamshire, England.

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[dyno mike]

Thar suit is a parachute fuck off

[dyno mike]

Flying squirrel man

[th0ratr0n]

Out of all the people that make fun of this guy, how many of you are talented enough to pull that off? And of those people, how many of you would actually have the guts to try it? Nice vid, man.

[yewtewbdewd]

10 million cardboard boxes is a lot more convenient than a parachute

[Chris Granger]

That wingsuit is definitely not a parachute...

[donaki]

It isn't Gary Connery.. It's David Blaine :P

[blinkguy4ever]

i really dont understand people telling this guy thats not a trick... ill bet my car right now aganst somebody jumping from a 2,000 feet without chute... does anybody knows if this guy misses the foam base hell die? if you wanna see somebody die, jump with your mom from a 10 story building

[MyPincheLoco]

lol you want him to suicide? Hell is not a nice place, better than prison if you don't crave gay rape, but not nice at all.

[MyPincheLoco]

yes but is not that much of it also.

[lilcezz AOA]

title should say, "WITH BOXES AT THE BASE SO DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WATCHING THIS"

[NowLifeStarts]

Do it again without BOXES next time pussy ass bitch. lol

[George Burkhard]

yyyyaaaarrrrr!