Chile: Former Air Force pilot becomes first person to fly in and out of active volcano

A video of a mind-boggling stunt performed by a former Chilean pilot has w become a new social media hit. Sebastián 'Ardilla'' Álvarez, whose nickname means 'Squirrel', recently became first person in history to fly in and out of an active volca, reported CNN. 36-year-old was t on a plane or helicopter but was just wearing a wingsuit when he jumped right into an active volca. entire video of stunt is shared by Red Bull, showing death-defying feat performed by Sebastian Alvarez last month at Villarrica volca, which  indigeus Mapuche tribe calls ' Devil's House' due to its frequent eruptions.

Everything started because I had dream of flying. Since I was a kid, I just wanted to fly--and somehow, I made it happen," he told CNN. adventure-seeker jumped out of chopper at an altitude of almost 2.2 miles and reached speeds of over 280 km/h (about 176.5 mph) before flying into and out of 200-meter (656 foot) wide crater of volca.

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"This is by far most extreme project I’ve ever done," Chilean Air Force, Wingsuit Pilot told CNN. "That’s for sure. Especially because of all of factors: it was an active volca, it was at a high altitude, cold, windy, and so re were a lot of things that I needed to take care of." rare stunt performed by Álvarez was based on mastering a technique called 'flaring,' garing eugh speed vertically before transferring it into horizontal speed by opening wingsuit. To achieve this feat, it took Álvarez more than a year, which included high-level practice jumps. In addition to this, skydiver also aced complex calculations using speed, distance, and pressure of air. However, he revealed that real preparation for jump began much earlier.

Mentally, it was going to be really hard because, again, my mind doesn't want to be re, but you need to kind of force it to make it happen. I enjoy doing se projects because I really like to push sport a little bit more, "he added.

(Im: Screengrab from Redbull YT video)