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Peter Salzmann seen during the Red Bull Wingsuit Foil Project in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland on October 21, 2024.

The latest innovation in human flight!
I am happy and very proud of the entire team and the successful revolutionary flight.
3 years of development, many ups and downs and a big success in the end with the Basejump from Jungfrau mountain in Switzerland.

We have chosen this jump to clearly show how much better the new innovation performs. I flew 12,5km over a height difference of 3400m and for a time of 5min 56sec.
My own reference from the same mountain without the foil was 7,3km and around 3min 30sec.
Thanks to Red Bull and Red Bull Austria to make this possible.

Full story here: https://www.redbull.com/at-de/peter-salzmann-laengster-wingsuit-flug

We made 6 prototypes with each 10 different configurations, tested in the Windtunnel in Sweden, made many, many test jumps from helicopters
(Flyingbulls and SennAir) and a lot of training from the mountain.

The prototypes and the final wing were made by my friend and designer Andreas Podlipnik from Abersee, Austria.

CFD simulations and CAD drawings have been made by
Red Bull Racing & Red Bull Technology
Daniel Smith, Stuart McLeish

Previous support for aerodynamic matters for the first prototypes came from my friend and paragliding designer Christian Proschek

Wingsuitmodel: Cima by Phoenixfly (Robert Pecnik)

Thanks also to everyone else who was involved in this project, like Scott Paterson as the aerial filmer, Tim Howell, Marco Milanese, Joerg Mitter, Marcus Pfeil and his team and many more!

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Posted on September 24, 2021 by Peter

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On November 2nd, 2020 the “Bergwelten” episode „Die Marmolada- Königin der Dolomiten“ was broadcast for the first time on SERVUS TV. I was allowed to work as a protagonist and wingsuit pilot, as well as a double in the documentation. For those who missed it, here is the link to the media library: https://www.servustv.com/videos/aa-21j3wup9d2112/

Posted on November 4, 2020 by Peter

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After 3 years I returned to South Africa this year. In 2017, the focus was on coastal soaring and hours of paragliding on the coast of Wilderness. This year wingsuit flying. Together with the Australian I jumped from 7 different jump points in and around Cape Town. The ascents to the jumps lasted from 5 minutes to 5 hours. Here are a few photos and a short video.

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Posted on April 3, 2020 by Peter

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Posted on February 24, 2020 by Peter

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July was a very intense time, with many jumps, training and preparations for upcoming projects.
I spent a lot of time in the Dolomites, in the area of Sass Pordoi. Here are a few photos of the Australian Scott Paterson and a video of the stunning “Straight Line”.