Red Bull Skydiving Team Attempts Longest Swing Record

The Red Bull Skydive Team pushed themselves to a new limit this week when they attempted to set a new world record for the longest swing in the world. Swooping from below two hot air balloons, the daredevils dropped on giant swings through the air over Austria for more than 400 feet before flipping off the contraption and parachuting to the ground. The two hot air balloons used rose to a height of about 5,000 feet. One was used as an anchor for the swing while the divers jumped from the other. “The goal of the project Megaswing was to go mad with the balloons. To have the possibility to really jump from one balloon and swing to the other with a really long long rope, is something that has never happened before and is for sure a childhood dream. If you ever jumped of a swing you always imagined to jump forever,” said Dominik Roithmair, skydiver. The world record swing of 410 feet is awaiting official approval.