Wingsuit pilot Sebastian Alvarez turned the primary particular person ever to fly out and in of an energetic volcano in October.
The 36-year-old former navy pilot carried out the feat within the Villarica Volcano in his native Chile after a 12 months’s preparation, which concerned studying all he might in regards to the smoke columns, the air strain and the pace of the wind.
He additionally needed to carry out quite a few calculations to make sure he would be capable to efficiently navigate out and in of the large crater, which has a diameter of greater than 200 metres, at extremely excessive pace.
When the circumstances had been excellent and the go forward for the bounce was given, Alvaraz had to make sure his flight course and pace had been good as he jumped from the helicopter. He then carried out a go well with flare manoeuvre, permitting him to descend near 10 metres contained in the volcano earlier than exiting at a pace of 180 kilometres per hour (kph).