[imagesource: YouTube / COLA]

I’ve put a lot of thought into which bird I would choose to be, given the chance, and settled on a Peregrine falcon.

During its hunting dive, often from a height of more than a kilometre, the peregrine can reach speeds well in excess of 300 kilometres per hour as it lines up its prey.

The closest a person can possibly come to emulating one of the sky’s most feared predators is wingsuit flying or wingsuiting.

You might not crack the 300km/h mark but you can get pretty damn close, reports Unofficial Networks:

Check out this footage out of Norway taken by famed French drone pilot, Colas Feuillie as a group of flyers attempt magic carpet rides using waterskiing handles all while doing a 3D dance with an extremely nimble drone…

I managed to film 70 jumps, proving that my high speed cinelifters properly work, and it’s possible to fly long range above 200 km/h even under the rain or through clouds

Colas said that in those 70 jumps, there was only one close call.

Props to the wingsuit wearers for their fearlessness and skill in pulling off a range of daring manoeuvres. The highest praise I can offer is that it’s falcon-esque in its beauty:

[source:unofficialnetworks]