Parachute Museum Receives a Wingsuit for Collection

Aviation Trail
Apr 21
2 min read

Donation from BASE jumper Matthew Fleischman:

The Aviation Trail Parachute Museum recently received a donation of a wingsuit for its collection. The donation was made by noted BASE jumper Matthew Fleischman.

What is a wingsuit?

It is a webbing-sleeved jumpsuit that uses the webbed area to provide increased lift which allows the jumper to glide in

the air rather than free falling. Flights can be made by being dropped from a plane, or by BASE jumping from appropriate heights. Landing is usually done by deploying a parachute after performing the glide.

In the words of noted BASE jumper Matthew Fleischman, the donor of this Wingsuit:

“BASE jumping is the recreational sport of jumping from fixed objects, using a parachute to descend to the ground. BASE is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: buildings, antennas (referring to radio masts), spand (bridges) and earth. Participants jump from a fixed object such as a cliff and after an optional freefall delay deploy a parachute to slow their descent and land. A popular form of BASE jumping is Wingsuit BASE jumping. Moab, Utah has long been the Mecca for base jumping in the United States for two reasons. The ease of access to the cliffs from which to jump, and the fact that it is legal. Typically the vertical drop is in the 400 foot range and the height above the landing area can be anywhere from zero to 1600 feet”.

Matthew Fleischman, along with fellow Wingsuit jumper Richard Webb, pioneered successful wingsuit BASE jumping in Moab. CLICK HERE to read Matthew’s full story.

See more about their jumping at Moab on this link, which includes a YouTube video:https://www.adrex.com/en/articles/air/base-jump/wingsuit-flying-using-science-to-minimize-the-risk/

Learn more at these links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingsuit_flying

https://www.skydivemag.com/new/2014-05-01-moab-mother-of-all-base-not/