Woman’s Lit-Up Paragliding Wingsuit Resembles A Shooting Star

In her lit-up wingsuit, Geraldine Fasnacht resembled a shooting star as she flew high above the Swiss Alps.

Geraldine Fasnacht paragliding wearing a lit up suit from 18000 feet

(Photo: AP Screengrab)

This flying jumper lit-up the sky by attaching lights to her wingsuit. In a daring night-time jump, Geraldine Fasnacht appeared like a shooting star in the sky as she flew high above the Swiss Alps.

Setting off in a helicopter in the darkness of the early hours, Geraldine jumped from 18,000 feet, and was filmed flying with the rising sun just before deploying her parachute.

The footage was also turned into a short film, ‘Wingsuit Connected’. It was directed by 45- year-old photographer and filmmaker David Carlier, 45, from Switzerland, over the summit of the Grand Combin mountain, who claimed that it was a treat to watch Fasnacht jump into darkness from 18,000 feet when the night was still covering Sion airport in Switzerland. The idea came to him when he was doing another shoot.

When she was flying at 111mph, I honestly thought she looked like a star or a giant butterfly. She could see the highest summits of the Alps and glaciers as she began the descent. It was a uniquely challenging flight, because of the light, altitude and speed. And the temperature was -30°C

David Carlier, Photographer and filmmaker

Once they had decided to do it, it just became a question of finding the right way to illuminate the wingsuit without damaging it or diminishing its flight performance, which they believe they managed gracefully.

Thanks to my experience as a free-rider and a wingsuit pilot, I knew how to analyse the terrain in order to make the jump safe.

Geraldine Fasnacht, Wingsuit Pilot

(With inputs from AP)

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