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Crowd is unsure if he's okay. then, he emerges without a scratch. connery sets the world railroad for the highest skydive without a parachute. videos from local news and spectators hit the internet within minutes and go viral. >> i wouldn't say my life has changed dramatically. i'm certainly being asked to do things that in the past i wouldn't have been asked to do. >> 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 themselves every so often, and i'm no different. it's just that my testin...

Half mile into 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 jumper catches his descent on a 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 a hundred feet, it won't do any good. >> as i approached the box break, and getting to that point of sort of no return, where one has to make a commitment or not, i remember everything just s...

I just love it. it's my life, i love it. >> as long as his parachute functions properly, it's a good day. but for this guy, jumping without deploying a parachute is the whole point. >> one mistake, when you're close to the ground, and you're done. >> it's one of the most daring stunts you'll ever see. and it's caught on camera. may 25th, 2012, england. gary connery is preparing to jump out of a helicopter at 2,400 feet without using a parachute. a film and tv stunt man, as well as an avid b.a.s.e. jumper, connery is no stranger to high-flying feats. >> jump from the eiffel tower, i've ridden...

Nelson's column, the london eye, inside the coliseum dome. >> each of those times he used a parachute, but this jump is different. if he succeeds, he'll be the first person ever intentionally to skydive 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 thaen 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 me to fly much, much slower. >> connery's idea of slow may be different from you...

Functions properly, it's a good day. but for this guy, jumping without deploying a parachute is the whole point. >> one mistake when you're close to the ground and you're done. >> it's one of the most daring stunts you'll ever see. and it's caught on camera. may 25th, 2012, penley, england. gary connery is preparing to jump out of a helicopter at 2,400 feet without using a parachute. a film and tv stunt man, as well as an avid b.a.s.e. jumper, connery is no stranger to high-flying feats. >> jumped from the eiffel tower, i've written a bmx bike off beachy head, i've done nelson's column, the lo...