VIDEO SHOWS: PETER SALZMANN FLYING HIS WINGSUIT FOIL / SOUNDBITES RESENDING WITH FULL SCRIPT SHOWS: EL HIERRO, SPAIN (NOVEMBER 19, 2025) (EYESPRINT COMMUNICATIONS - For editorial use only. No monetisation) 1. VARIOUS OF PETER SALZMANN PREPARING HIS WINGSUIT FOIL 2. SALZMANN PUTTING ON WINGSUIT FOIL 3. VARIOUS OF SALZMANN IN THE AIR 4. SALZMANN LANDS 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PETER SALZMANN SAYING: "So the difference between this flight I had on this mountain and the normal wingsuit flight is that in the wingsuit you normally just fly down. So whenever you jump from a plane or from a mountain, you fly down, you open a parachute, and you land. And on this one, due to the innovation, the wingsuit foil, and the conditions, I was able to stay in the air, I made like quite a few turns without losing altitude." 6. WINDSOCK ON MOUNTAIN 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PETER SALZMANN SAYING: "When I was up there and I realized, whoa, what's happening now? Like, well, it really works, I was just like flashed. I couldn't believe it in the end but I kept going for sure. And yeah, I had to work a lot, I had to adapt a lot because this is just something I never trained, I was never able to train this because that's super special conditions what we have here right now. But when I realised it's going to work, then I mean, I had such a big smile on my face, and I keep having it still." 8. SCENIC SHOT OF MOUNTAIN STORY: Peter Salzmann’s lifelong dedication to coming as close to bird flight as humanly possible has come one step closer with his latest performance in the Canary Islands in early September this year. Until now, soaring, the sustained flight birds achieve by riding air currents, had never been possible in a wingsuit without extremely strong winds. But, jumping from an aircraft and equipped with a specially designed foil wing, the 39-year-old balanced his descent with rising air and tight turns, managing to generate a soaring flight along a ridge in El Hierro. Salzmann was able to maintain lift and gain altitude without using engine power, something previously reserved mainly for birds and glider pilots. Salzmann flew for a whole 160 seconds along the ridge, including 67m of altitude gain during his best climb. While soaring, he completed multiple 180-degree turns, with less than 200m of altitude loss. For context, a standard wingsuit flight would typically lose 10 times more altitude within the same flight duration. (Production: Andy Ragg) (The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)
