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Stand up, sit down, fall off

It's not new material, but if you haven't seen this, you owe it to yourself to take a couple minutes to watch. Austrian skydiver Paul Steiner did some ambitious wing walking earlier this year in this Red Bull video, with a pair of Blanix gliders flown by Ewald Roithner and Kurt Tippi high above the Alps. Not sure what the stunt offers beyond a great airshow trick and awesome scenery, but it's pretty entertaining. Expand the video to full-screen and you'll see that the resolution is still very nice.

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