Some of the most experienced wingsuit skydivers in the nation will fly through Tooele Valley this weekend in an attempt to set various records including Utah state records for jumping formations.

Skydive Utah, which is based at Tooele Valley Airport in Erda, will host “Wingsuits over Utah” Friday through Sunday and the public is invited to watch the action. On Sunday a team of wingsuit skydivers will exit above Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains and fly west to the airport for a total distance of nearly nine miles.

“This is a huge event with some of the best wingsuit jumpers in the nation coming in,” said event spokesman Douglas Spotted Eagle. World-record holders Justin Shorb, Scotty Burns and Scott Callantine will make jumps.

Wingsuit flying is the art of flying the human body through the air using a special jumpsuit, called a wingsuit, that shapes the human body into an airfoil which can create lift. The wingsuit creates the airfoil shape with fabric sewn between the legs and under the arms. It is also called a birdman suit or squirrel suit.

Skydive Utah also offers courses on skydiving for first-timers. The complete course is a seven jump program. The first two jumps are tandem jumps (a parachute built for two). These are followed by a detailed ground school, building on the the first two jumps. Following completion of the ground school, the student has five free fall jumps remaining in the program. These are under the accompanying direction of a free fall jumpmaster, one on one.

For more information on this weekend’s events go to www.SkydiveUtah.com or call 833-9999.

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