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Project Update (February 2017)

The Icarus Project heads into its third calendar year with several key areas highlighted for wingsuit development to enable the aim of, ultimately, breaking world records. The main area the 2016-17 team have been researching into is the idea of improving the inlets to increase the overall glide ratio (Lift force per Drag force) of the wingsuit – […]

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Outreach Event: Icarus Flight School with iFLY (Milton Keynes, November 2016)

Recently The Icarus Project travelled to Milton Keynes for the first in a series of outreach days in collaboration with indoor skydiving experts iFly. The scheme, titled The Icarus Flight School, introduces school children to the art of skydiving and wingsuits, and aims to promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) in an imaginative and fun […]

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