Hollywood stuntman and Red Bull Air Force veteran Miles Daisher has completed the first-ever wingsuit flight over Bangkok, soaring past the Thai capital's glittering skyline at speeds reaching 260 kilometers per hour before landing with pinpoint accuracy on a moving cruise boat along the Chao Phraya River.
The historic jump, performed on April 1, 2026, signals a new chapter for Thailand's growing extreme sports scene and showcases Bangkok as a potential destination for high-profile adventure events.
Past the Skyline
Daisher leapt from a plane high above Bangkok and navigated a flight path that took him past the famous lebua hotel — the same building featured in the Hollywood film The Hangover Part II. The hotel's iconic gold-domed Sky Bar and Sirocco restaurant served as a dramatic visual backdrop as Daisher streaked past in his wingsuit.
His target: a moving cruise boat on the Chao Phraya River far below. The landing required extraordinary precision, as Daisher had to account for wind turbulence created by Bangkok's dense cluster of high-rise buildings while maintaining enough speed and altitude to reach the river.
Urban Aerodynamics
"Urban environments are unique because the wind gets funky around the buildings, creating turbulent air and eddies similar to a rock in a river," Daisher explained. "Because Bangkok is such a busy city with a lot of congestion, we had to dive to build speed and then flatten our trajectory to ensure we made the distance to the river."
Wingsuit flying is one of the most dangerous extreme sports in the world. Pilots wear specially designed suits with fabric membranes between the arms and legs that create an airfoil shape, allowing horizontal gliding while descending. Most wingsuit flights occur over mountains or open terrain — urban flights add layers of complexity and risk.
Years in the Making
The feat was the result of a collaboration between Red Bull and the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Planning took months, involving detailed wind studies, flight path modeling, coordination with Thai aviation authorities, and multiple safety protocols.
Daisher, who has completed over 4,500 BASE jumps and 43,000 skydives across his career, said the Bangkok flight required a particularly open-minded approach from city authorities. "To me, Thailand is a BASE jumper's paradise," he said. "Performing this inaugural flight required an open-minded perspective from the city to allow us to do this kind of thing."
Thailand's Extreme Sports Ambitions
The TAT has been actively working to position Thailand as a hub for adventure tourism. The country already attracts rock climbers to Krabi, surfers to Phuket, and divers to the Similan Islands. A successful urban wingsuit flight over the capital adds a dramatic new dimension to that portfolio.
Video footage of Daisher's flight has already gone viral on social media, offering a jaw-dropping aerial perspective of Bangkok that most people have never seen — a reminder that sometimes the best view of a city comes at 260 kph, with nothing but fabric and nerve between you and the skyline.
