Watch world's first electric wingsuit flight

Daredevil Peter Salzmann teamed up with BMWi to create the world's first wingsuit powered by an electric motor.

[devirama]

I've hoped all my life for this wingsuit kind of flying. Now I'm 87, so I guess it's too late for me. But it's nice to know my grandchildren will be able to fly.

[newlibertarian]

0:53 "I was able to jump higher and higher until it started to hurt and then I had the idea I have to go start skydiving."

This guy is hilarious! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[lemonlaunch]

"It's a bird!"
"No, it's a plane!"
"Actually, it's Peter."

[middleclassic]

Even though I don’t see myself wing suit flying of any sort, it makes me feel wonderful that advancements such as this continually evolve changing the landscape of what can be done.

[shirsh]

This is one for the history books. I’m serious. How long has flight like this been in man’s imagination?

[Tiagotaf]

I'm not sure which one is stronger: my will to flight like a bird, or my fear of heights.
That must've felt amazing. What an achievement. Congratulations!!

[dzsfb]

It makes total sense to have the power unit mounted below the chest. This puts the centerline of thrust below the centerline of drag and naturally causes a pitch up moment under power which is easy to modulate through the thrust control. Pretty cool!

[stulynn]

The evolution of flight keeps expanding

[sikhswim]

You forgot to mention that this is the worlds most deadly sport, but still cool

[photojames]

As someone who has been skydiving, I can only imagine what it must feel like! With new technology comes new inventions! Really awesome!

[andywarwick]

That is absolutely incredible. As a product developer I cant give enough credit to the amount of work it took to get that up and running. astonishing work here and a credit to humanity.

[FitnessConnect]

These dudes that are willing to do these types of things are truly badass.

[infini.tesimo]

I love how he went from "falling down from high heights hurts" but then turns around and says let's go skydiving 😂😂😂

[jwc]

Having dreamed of flying like a bird all my life, I love this, while far too old to try it, tonight I shall dream again .

[alexandermorrison]

Wow, I'm an aviation enthusiast and I always wanted to become a pilot but to see what Peter has invented with the assistance of BMW is truly remarkable engineering!!! I am a big cheerleader when someone thinks of the impossible making it POSSIBLE!

I am very proud of you Peter and your entire team and I look forward towards your next leap in your extreme adventures! So, from one inventor to another Touché my friend!

Herzlichen Glückwunsch Peter!

[thomaslai]

It's really an amazing flight and a huge milestone of humankind against the gravity by using electric power. Congrats Hr. Salzman!

[fkporsche]

Great achievement so far. Pilot must felt like Superman power.
Love to see more advanced developments

[BUDX]

I have been skydiving ever since I was 19 and getting to witness such innovation is mind bending. It is not easy to maneuver swiftly in that suit and adding that electric jet can even make turning a little harder as your speed increases hence you get little time to take sharp turns. I don't know how he would manage it but this surely seems incredibly amazing to me.

[fkporsche]

Incredible technology. Love to see its development. Hope they gather more aviation engineers to make it run longer and better.

[ArtByLukeW]

Those "impellers" are called ducted fans and they've been around since the 60s. Still an amazing design.