Skydiver Becomes First to Land Without Parachute

Who really needs a parachute after falling from a half mile up in the sky? Certainly not Gary Connery.

The 42-year-old became the first skydiver to successfully land without a parachute, after his recent flight from 2,400 feet over Oxfordshire, England. All he had to cushion his fall was a specially-designed "wing suit" and 18,600 stacked cardboard boxes.

The entire flight took less than a minute, before he approached his makeshift runway. Connery's strategy of "flaring up" just a few instants before he hit the ground worked perfectly, he told the Telegraph, thanks to ideal weather conditions and his parachuting experience.

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