I have dreamt of flying all through my childhood. Never really thinking it was possible, I WAS WRONG! This video is some of my best moments hang gliding in the last year. Britian is one of the most beautiful places on earth from a few thousand feet.
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Blond-haired, blue-eyed Ellen Brennan is your typical girl next door, except the 26-year-old New York native jumps off mountains for a living.
And this daredevil is most definitely at the top of her game, having recently been named the world’s fastest flying woman.
“Most people think I’m crazy,” Brennan, who gave up a career in nursing to pursue this high-flying profession … Video and more
Espen Fadnes can fly through the air like Icarus – but a recent close call with a cable car suggests he might be getting too close to the sun
The desire to conquer the skies has obsessed humanity ever since Icarus soared towards the sun.
Now a few brave souls are turning man’s dream of flight into a reality by attaching wings to their bodies and gliding through the air.
Espen Fadnes is one of these – an elite member of a small group of adrenalin sports junkies who take part in a type of base jumping known as wingsuit jumping … More