Is it a bird? No, it's a man - and he's faster than a plane

[dzher]

A winged stuntman has completed a daring 17km unaided flight over the west coast , beating local plane times.

Swiss flyer Ueli 'Sputnik' Gegenschatz, donned a specially designed wingsuit and glided from above the Aran Islands over Galway Bay to Connemara regional airport.

The daredevil completed the journey in 5.45mins, beating the average flight time by more than a minute.