Turkish Batman Flies Home From Work Every Day
This wingsuit jumper also known as the Turkish Batman who learned his skills with the British Army flies from work to home every day with a wingsuit.
Cengiz Kocak learned his flying skills by parachuting and doing other air sports during his 20-year military service.
After graduating from military school in 1992, he served in Turkey for a while and then went to England and trained in the British Army Infantry School in 2000.
When he retired from the NATO Corps in 2012, he made more than 5,000 jumps and received various medals by representing Turkey in both national and international championships.
Cengiz, who is now the general manager of a cable car facility established in Babadag with an altitude of 1965 metres in the district of Fethiye in the Turkish province of Mugla, goes to his home at the end of the working day by gliding in a wingsuit, where he gets to watch the view of the famous Oludeniz (Blue Lagoon).
Speaking to Newsflash, Cengiz said, “I do a wingsuit jump on the way home in the evening. After jumping from a height of about 2000 meters, I land in 3-4 minutes. If I want to go down this distance by car, it takes 40 minutes, and by cable car, it takes 25 minutes.”
“My job offers the opportunity to do sports such as flying and jumping, which is my passion for life. I come to work in the morning and do the activities that I need to do daily. When the work is done, I do base jumping with a wingsuit.
“Doing this every day adds a lot to me and my sport. That was my dream for 30 years. There is probably no second person in the world to do this. That’s why I feel lucky.”
Cengiz stated that people from all over the world started air sports, watching the videos he produced over time and shared on his social media account with almost 20,000 followers.
He said, “I want the number of people interested in air sports to increase, and I support the people who will come to this region.”