Gary Connery, wearing a specially developed wingsuit, prepares to land among cardboard boxes in Henley-on-Thames, west of London. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
Gary Connery (bottom) is seen in the sky with a cameraman after exiting the helicopter. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
Gary Connery in the specially developed wingsuit. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
A stuntman in England is thought to be the first person to jump out of a helicopter and land safely without deploying a parachute.
Gary Connery, 42, used a "wingsuit" to make his descent from 730m above Oxfordshire, BBC reports.
Connery said he felt "elated" after landing safely on a 'box rig' - a pile of 18,600 cardboard boxes about 100m long by 15m wide.
He wore a parachute for the jump, during which he reached speeds of 130kmh, but he didn't use it.
The entire flight took less than a minute to complete.
A cameraman also jumped with a wingsuit, but he deployed a parchute to land.
Connery has worked on films including Die Another Day, Batman Begins and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
