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Austrian skydivers flew through Tower Bridge in London

22 May 2024 Kacper Kolibowski

On 12th May 2024, two skydivers from Austria – Marco Fürst and Marco Waltenspiel – went down in history as the first daredevils  to fly with wingsuits through the iconic Tower Bridge on the River […]

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5 May 1953 – Christopher Draper flies under fifteen bridges on the Thames

4 May 2023 Jacek Domański

On 5th May 1953, Christopher Draper – commonly known as the Mad Major – performed an incredible stunt by flying under fifteen (out of eighteen planned) bridges on the river Thames, located within the greater […]

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Flying the impossible – an incredible story of daring flights

25 April 2020 Jacek Domański

Since the beginning of aviation, pulling off the impossible was a quite popular stunt among the pilots. Especially the well-known landmarks were seducing aviators for a spectacular flight around or through them, that could bring […]

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