Jeb Corliss, Wingsuit Jumper, Flies Through China's Tianmen Hole (VIDEO)

Jeb Corliss, the ever-risky American wingsuit jumper, has defied the odds again and successfully flown through China's Tianmen Hole.

The 'Bird Man' jumped from a plane nearly 6,560 feet above the ground and soared through the mountain in China's Hunan province. This is his second attempt at the stunt, the BBC reports. His first attempt was halted after his smoke brackets on his feet failed to work properly.

Corliss, who was banned from the Empire State building last year, has attempted stunts all around the world.

Comments

[Mister Neutron]

01:18 PM on 09/29/2011

A much better quality video of a different flight can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWfph3iNC-k

Be sure to run it full screen in 720p.

If you're interested in where it was shot, here's a link to a Google map of the area:

http://tinyurl.com/3l2shq6

[Dahveed1]

09:20 AM on 09/27/2011

Pretty amazing. That could have gone so wrong in so many ways.

[webwzrd]

06:40 AM on 09/27/2011

Awesome! B@tsh|t nuts, but Awesome!

[StevenRussell1]

12:48 AM on 09/27/2011

Jumped from a plane?

As a private pilot, I'd say that "plane" looked more like a helicopter to me.

[skooli]

11:47 PM on 09/26/2011

That's cool. I bet it would be fun to jump out of one of those ballons from the edge of space back to earth though!

[ivanhoemb]

10:19 PM on 09/26/2011

Flies through China's Tianmen Hole? Isn't Tianmen the name of one of their polit bureau members?

[turlockgirl24]

06:13 PM on 09/26/2011

would love to do that, hecka fun ;)

[ThisAlreadyHappened]

05:26 PM on 09/26/2011

Bad idea doing this over China. If we know one thing about the Chinese it is that they are very influential. I predict their will be millions of winged China men flying over the U.S. by Spring.

[walkingwolf]

04:17 AM on 09/27/2011

And I will be in my Back Yard with my 12 Gauge Semi Auto...yelling PULL !

[moguns]

05:14 PM on 09/26/2011

cool!!!!

[Customex]

04:25 PM on 09/26/2011

I wonder if he wears a helmet cam......

[Mr Anonymous]

07:57 PM on 09/26/2011

He does on some jumps. You can find them on the net pretty easily.

[gblank1603]

04:19 PM on 09/26/2011

He wasn't flying--he was gliding--big difference

[vguildrob]

04:21 PM on 09/26/2011

he was falling, with style.

[dennishastings]

04:25 PM on 09/26/2011

Give me a break. It's a lot harder to glide under control than fly.

Besides, what's he going to attach the motor to?

I was impressed. He could have slammed into the mountain if there was a gust of wind.

[madenusa]

03:44 PM on 09/26/2011

I bet he couldn't pass a BB through that puckered up as.......hole

[sban226]

03:44 PM on 09/26/2011

What some guys will do to get in the hole!

[Husaria]

01:35 PM on 09/26/2011

Coming soon to TV as a Red Bull commercial.

Anyone see the banners when he was near ' the hole ' ?

Welcome to my world. The world of Red Bull.

[ecurbwl]

09:21 PM on 09/26/2011

I thought the sign in front of the hole said: The Kardashians---------------enter here !