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" Largest Freefall Formation: 400 people The mass group jumped from five Royal Thai Air Force C-130s over Udon Thani, Thailand in 2006. Donning red, white and blue jump suits, the divers, who hailed from 31 countries, had about 80 seconds to form a flower-like arrangement in the sky. At over 23,000 ft., it was dubbed one of the most difficult mass-skydives ever attempted.  Longest Canopy Piloting Distance: 494 ft. Canopy piloting or &amp;quot;swooping&amp;quot; is the art of flying at a horizontal angle from the ground while coming in for a landing. The world&amp;#039;s longest swoop, according to the official governing body of aviation records, the F\u00E9d\u00E9ration A\u00E9ronautique Internationale (FAI), occurred in 2007. Canadian Jason Moledzki flew just over over 494 ft. parallel to the ground before landing.  Longest Jump: 102,800 ft.  In 1960, Air Force Colonel Joseph Kittinger endured a four and a half minute freefall, hitting speeds of over 700 mph. The long-time Air Force airman dove from a helium-filled* balloon at altitudes where temperatures were -94 degrees. Kittinger opened his chute at 18,000 ft. to land as a world record holder. But because his use of a stabilizing drogue, Kittinger was disqualified by the FAI and the previous world skydiving record of 85,000 ft. remained. Kittinger&amp;#039;s jump did break several other records, however, including longest recorded jump from a balloon, and is still revered as one of the most death-defying skydives in history.  Most Sky Dives In 24 hours: 640 The small town of Greensburg, Ind., is home to one big record. Jay Stokes, owner of Skydive Greensburg broke the record for most consecutive jumps there in 2006. Stokes, who was part of the U.S. Army&amp;#039;s Special Forces for 24 years, made one jump about every 2.25 minutes (using three airplanes to reach diving height quickly) to achieve his goal and become the world record holder.  Longest Base Jump: 21,666 ft.  In 2006, Australians Glenn Singleman and Heather Swan dove from the 21,666 ft. Meru Peak in northern India to become title holders of the world&amp;#039;s longest base jump. Base jumping requires skydivers to drive from high altitudes without the use of planes or air suspended vehicles\u2014many participants choose buildings or natural peaks as their exit points. To reach their record-breaking altitude, the couple climbed the Himalayan mountain for 22 days. It took them only two minutes to reach the ground after their leap.  * This passage stated that Kittinger jumped from &amp;quot;hot-air balloon&amp;quot;, but in order to reach the heights he did, the balloon was actually filled with helium. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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