Wingsuit jumpers take flight from Turkey's Dark Canyon

Wingsuit jumpers take flight from Turkey's Dark Canyon

The Kemaliye province of Erzincan, harboring the Dark Canyon, one of the biggest canyons in the world, on Monday hosted five wingsuit flyers Scotty Bob, Ian Flanders, Matt Blank, Cam Tracey and Edi Guschall.

Wingsuit jumpers take flight from Turkey's Dark Canyon

The daredevils reached speeds of 125 mph (200 km/h) after jumpng from base built on one of the canyon walls at a height of 600 meters.

Wingsuit jumpers take flight from Turkey's Dark Canyon

The 37th International Erzincan Kemaliye (Eğin) Culture and Outdoor Festival was the host of the extreme sport athletes and is currently continuing until 22nd of July.

Wingsuit jumpers take flight from Turkey's Dark Canyon

The Dark Canyon (Karanlık Kanyon) is one of the world's largest canyons. Base-jump events took place in 2008 for the first time in Turkey. Now wingsuit flyers have also discovered the potential and are flocking to the province.

Wingsuit jumpers take flight from Turkey's Dark Canyon

Kemaliye is quickly becoming a hotspot for adrenaline junkies after the first wingsuit jump was done only a year ago.

Wingsuit jumpers take flight from Turkey's Dark Canyon

The main scope of the events were planned at Dark Canyon in order to support the promotion of the "Sırat on Fırat" Bridge which will be built in the near future.

Wingsuit jumpers take flight from Turkey's Dark Canyon

Wingsuit flying is the sport of flying through the air using a wingsuit, which adds surface area to the human body to enable a significant increase in lift.

Wingsuit jumpers take flight from Turkey's Dark Canyon

The modern wingsuit, first developed in the late 1990s, creates a surface area with fabric between the legs and under the arms.

Wingsuit jumpers take flight from Turkey's Dark Canyon

Wingsuits are sometimes referred to as "birdman suits" (after the makers of the first commercially available wingsuit), "flying squirrel suits" (due to their resemblance to theanimal), and "bat suits" (due to their vague resemblance to the animal or perhaps the superhero).

Wingsuit jumpers take flight from Turkey's Dark Canyon