(born December 1964 in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan) is a Japanese
wingsuit
Wingsuit flying (or wingsuiting) is the sport of skydiving using a webbing- sleeved jumpsuit called a wingsuit to add webbed area to the diver's body and generate increased lift, which allows extended air time by gliding flight rather than just ...
pilot and
skydiver
Parachuting, including also skydiving, is a method of transiting from a high point in the atmosphere to the surface of Earth with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent using a parachute or parachutes.
For ...
who in 2012 held the world records for "Greatest horizontal distance flown in a wingsuit" 26.9 km (16.71 miles),
"Greatest absolute distance flown in a wingsuit" 28.707 km (17.83 miles) above California, USA on 26 May 2012,
and "Fastest speed reached in a wingsuit of , achieved on 28 May 2011.
He was a member of a US National Wingsuit flying formation record by 68 pilots in 2009.
Ito is CEO of Risk Control Corp, in Japan.
Bibliography
* , Bestsellers, August 2001,
References
External links
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Official blog
Shin Ito's profile at Birdman
1964 births
Living people
People from Tokyo
Skydivers
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