Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers Wingsuits and the Pioneers Who Flew in Them, Fell in Them, and Perfected Them

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The Wright Brothers were wimps. Or so you might think after reading this account of their unsung but even more daring rivals—the men and women who strapped wings to their backs and took to the sky. If only for a few seconds. People have been dying to fly, quite literally, since the dawn of history.

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