We all thought Jeb Corliss would be the first to land a wing suit without a parachute, but now we can give that honor to Gary Connery.  Gary is 42 years old and hails from England.  He was able to accomplish the feat by lots of math, huge balls, and landing into 18,000 cardboard boxes.  He made the jump from a helicopter May 23rd, at a height of 2,400 feet! Gary made his first jumps at age 23 after joining the army.  Since then he has made 880 skydives and 450 base jumps.

Gary made it out of the boxes completely uninjured.

 

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