Hydrofoils have become the go-to technology for boats, making sailboats faster, powerboats infinitely more efficient, and they’re even starting to show up on superyachts. Airfoils come in many ...

A daredevil pro athlete is preparing to become the first ever person to fly across the English Channel in a wingsuit. Amber Forte holds the record for the fastest female in a wingsuit - where she ...

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CAPE TOWN, Aug 22 (Reuters) - With the jagged peaks of Cape Town's Table Mountain beneath him and the wind roaring past his wingsuit, South African Jean-Jacques Wallis is redefining the limits of ...

Seeing men in winged suits descending over the New York City skyline typically would cause a panic, since it's never happened before. But on Sunday morning, five Red Bull Air Force Wingsuit Flyers ...

(CNN) — A 24-year-old British wingsuit flyer was killed on Saturday during a base jump in the Swiss Alps, local police said in a statement. The man was later named as Liam Byrne by his parents, who ...

PARIS (AP) – The French town of Chamonix, deep in the shadow of Mont Blanc, has always embraced danger. Climbers scale Europe’s highest peak in dire conditions. Backcountry skiers risk avalanches or ...

(AP) The extreme sport of wingsuit flying that killed British stuntman Mark Sutton this week involves a special aerodynamic jumpsuit developed about a decade ago. It creates fabric batwing sleeves ...