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Latvian completes first skydive from a drone

2017-05-12 22:15 GMT+8
Editor Fu Jianshu
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On Tuesday, Latvian Ingus Augstkalns became the first person to skydive from drone in Taurene, central Latvia. /CFP photo

He was lifted by a drone made by the Latvian Aerones company. The drone, with a surface area of 3.2 square meters and weighing 70 kilograms, is activated by a set of 16 rotors and is capable of lifting 200 kilograms. /CFP photo

Augstkalns was connected to the drone from a tower about 330 meters in height and flew for a while, before finally carrying out his jump. /CFP photo

"It was very fun," Augstkalns commented, just after achieving his feat. /CFP photo

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