Wing suit flying is the sport of flying the human body through the air using a special jumpsuit, called a wing suit, which adds surface area to the human body to enable a significant increase in lift. Modern wing suits, first developed in the late 1990s, create the surface area with fabric between the legs and under the arms. A wing suit may be referred to as a bird man suit or flying squirrel suit.A wingsuit flight ends with a parachute opening, so a wing suit can be flown from any point that provides sufficient altitude to glide through the air, such as skydiving aircraft or BASE jumping exit points, and to allow a parachute to deploy.The wing suit flier wears parachute equipment designed for skydiving or BASE jumping. The flier deploys the parachute at a planned altitude and unzips the arm wings, if necessary, so they can reach up to the control toggles and fly to a normal parachute landing.
