Man dives 730m — without a parachute

Gary Connery, 42, used a special “wingsuit” to make the death-defying leap 731m above the fields of Oxfordshire, the first time anybody has successfully jumped from such a height without deploying a parachute.
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SUBSCRIBEGary Connery, 42, used a special “wingsuit” to make the death-defying leap 731m above the fields of Oxfordshire, the first time anybody has successfully jumped from such a height without deploying a parachute.
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