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>> each of those times he used a parachute, but this jump is different. if he succeeds, he will be the first person ever intentionally to sky dive without using one. connery spent months working with a designer to create a custom wing suit. >> wing suits are basically suits made of simple material. they are double skinned. then you have air intakes up on the shoulders here. so it kind of inflates like a double air bag. we made it much thicker. so it allowed me to fly much, much slower. >> connery's idea of slow may be different from yours and mine. even with the wind suit, he'll hit the ground...

On top of the other. nearly a half mile in to the sky. >> certainly the feeling or the thought of this could be your last few moments does go through your mind. >> connery takes the plunge. above him, another catcher catches his descent on helmet cam while connery's supporters take video from the ground. connery maneuvers his suit to direct him toward the target. he has a parachute he can deploy if he thinks he might miss but below 100 feet it won't do the any good. >> as i approached the boxes, one has to make a commitment or not. i remember everything just settling. >> connery crashes in to ...

Certainly the feeling or the thought that this could be your last few moments goes through your mind. >> connery takes the plunge. above him, another jumper catches his descent on a helmet cam, while connery supporters take video from the ground. connery maneuvers his suit to direct him towards the target. he has a parachute he can deploy, but below 100 feet, it won't do any good. >> connery passes into the box.

Inside the millenial dome. >> each of those times he used a parachute. this jump is different. if he succeeds, he will be the first person ever intentionally to sky dive without using one. connery spent months working with a designer to create a custom wing suit. >> wing suits are basically suits made of simple material. they're double skin, and then you've got air intakes up on the shoulders here. so it kind of inflates like a double air bed. we made it much thicker so it allows notice fly much, much slower. >> connery's idea of slow may be different from yours and mine. even with the wing su...

For a few tense moments the crowd isn't sure he is okay. then he emerges without a scratch. connery sets the world record for the highest sky dive without a parachute. >> things like parachuting dressed as the queen of england into the opening ceremony of the 2012 summer games in london. >> i think everybody likes to test themtsz every so often, and i'm no different. it's just that my testing maybe goes a little bit higher. >> coming up -- >> holy. >> an unexpected takedown. >> i was absolutely horrified. i didn't know if he was going to