Aerial rig
High-altitude wingsuit performance — Mission: Impossible has used it; almost no other narrative production has.
Mechanism
A wingsuit BASE jump is performed by a wingsuit-rated stunt performer wearing a multi-cell tracking suit and a specialised low-altitude parachute. The performer exits from a fixed object (cliff, antenna, building) or from a helicopter at altitude. The wingsuit converts vertical speed into horizontal glide — modern suits achieve glide ratios above 3:1 — letting the performer track a controlled flight path past terrain or set features before deploying the parachute at safe altitude. For narrative work, the camera rig is a forward-facing or rear-facing helmet-mount on either the performing wingsuiter or a chase wingsuiter flying in formation.
Safety
Wingsuit performance is one of the highest-risk rigs in the working stunt envelope. Only multi-thousand-jump wingsuit pilots are rated for narrative work; the production carries dedicated aviation insurance separate from the SAG-AFTRA stunt rider. Weather and altitude windows are extremely narrow (no precipitation, no above-threshold turbulence, visibility above the deployment-altitude minimum). The production has a rescue helicopter on standby for the duration of any jump.
On screen
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