Video: Two athletes catapulted from Europe's tallest chimney at a speed of 180 km/h
Two wingsuit jumpers, Dani Román and Fred Fugen, set a world record by launching from Europe's tallest chimney in Slovenia using a human catapult. The 360-meter tall chimney in Trbovlje housed a 60-meter device that propelled them to 180 km/h in just 2.15 seconds. They experienced weightlessness briefly before descending safely with parachutes. Román achieved a record for the highest altitude reached from a catapult at 100.36 meters, while both jumpers set a record for the greatest combined height of 151.72 meters. The project took two and a half years to develop by the Slovenian DD Squad team.
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