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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: redrider90 on July 31, 2016, 08:41:54 AM
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Anybody seen this one! Note his heart rate at 148 BPM during the jump. NO parachute NO wing suit. Just a free fall into a net from 25,000 feet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8j0YFzmqWc
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Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
Saying that, if that were me, I'm not sure I'd want friends and family right there to watch, in case I drifted just a few more feet off center and missed the net entirely.
Dumb. There is a line, somewhere, between thrill seeking and death wish.
Steve.
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18,000 lifetime jumps. Started when he was 9 years old. I bet he practiced it many times over and over.
No dumber than sport bike racing at > 150 MPH. Maybe a lot safer.
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crazy!
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Good thing he had on the helmet.
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"There's two things that fall out of the sky.. bird sh!t and fools." :evil: :smiley:
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video blocked on copyright grounds...sorry
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video blocked on copyright grounds...sorry
"This video contains content from Mondelez (apparently in international snack food company, per the interwebs), who has blocked it on copyright grounds."
What, they aren't up for a little free advertising?
I'm sure once the Mondelez content is removed or pixelated, the video will return.
Steve.
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An interview-
https://youtu.be/AeKt0lrjwso (https://youtu.be/AeKt0lrjwso)
Steve.
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I watched that on the tube last night, outrageous. He was not exactly in the center of the target when he hit, very lucky. Couldn't believe he would attempt that with a wife and child to consider. Hopefully they have a large life insurance policy out on that guy. Pretty awesome views of the earths horizon at 25,000 ft.in the footage.
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shortened version still up on numerous site. The full 3 minute version was great.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/31/us/skydiver-no-parachute-successful-landing-trnd/index.html
Here's another youtube that is still up without full 3 minutes no audio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVQKW6qV3fA
He to but not in English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMHulRS_LtI
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This one works in english at least for now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOBavry0K2E
100 ft. square net. How much room did he have left at 150 MPH
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I still say that wearing a helmet while motorcycling is comparable to wearing a parachute while skydiving: It doesn't guarantee survival, but it does improve the odds.
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I seem to recall a saying about 'a perfectly good airplane'...
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Yep. I've had three friends die in skydiving accidents. OTOH, I've had four friends die in military flying training missions and one who successfully ejected from an F4.
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He had a better chance of survival than the 16 in the hot air balloon in Texas. That pilot should never have overloaded that balloon like that.
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Fellas , motorbike riders have no business criticizing someone for taking risks :shocked: Remember , self actualization is part of Maslow's pyramid , the guy succeeded , maybe we should recognize that fact .
Dusty
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He had a better chance of survival than the 16 in the hot air balloon in Texas. That pilot should never have overloaded that balloon like that.
Apparently it was rated for 24.
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I watched that on the tube last night, outrageous. He was not exactly in the center of the target when he hit, very lucky. Couldn't believe he would attempt that with a wife and child to consider. Hopefully they have a large life insurance policy out on that guy. Pretty awesome views of the earths horizon at 25,000 ft.in the footage.
So... you think he's able to get a life insurance policy. "Let's see, Mr. Aikiens, what do you do for a living?"
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I'd like to know what size envelope and basket. Probably a Thundercolt.
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I think the power lines it hit were 4 stories high.
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The envelope looks like 100ft. My guess is an AX10. The basket looks like one for an AX10. May have been rated for 20 passengers but the basket is real crowded. In case of a windy landing you want room in the basket for the passengers to crouch down and brace for a landing. An aerostat that big would have a fast landing at 10mph and more difficult to handle in 7mph+. Think of a large sail boat with no cushioning landing gear or shock absorbent material for impact.
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There is still the 18,000 foot jump with no parachet and NO NET, done during WW2.
An allied bomber was on fire and the crew abandoned by parachuting. The tail gunner did not get the word as his coms were out of order. He turned around and looked forward when no one answered his communication attempt. Horrified he saw the plane engulfed in flames and his parachute hanging in its' place unfolding in flames. The bomber was maintaining level flight and he knew he would roast to death in a few minutes. He kicked out the plex window and dove through prefering to fall to his death than roast. 18000 feet below, he came down through a tall fir tree breaking off branches as he went and landing in 5 feet of snow drift.
The germans did not believe his story until they found the wreckage of the bomber. He badly sprained his ankle, and was repatriated in 1945.
I believe this record still stands.
Read about it in the wicked pedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Alkemade
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I guess having a net helps a little. :wink:
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Yea, at least he didn't sprain an ankle.
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Couldn't believe he would attempt that with a wife and child to consider. Hopefully they have a large life insurance policy out on that guy.
If any of us haven't read our policies (life and accident) lately, this is a good time. Almost all of them have exclusions or limitations for common things like:
- flying in small non-commercial aircraft
- hot air ballooning
- scuba diving
- participation in any motorized contest of speed or endurance
- skydiving and base-jumping
- hang-gliding
- ...and the list goes on
By law, the executives of any publicly traded insurance company are required to place the interests of their shareholders above anything other than compliance with other laws. In other words, anything they can do within the law that increases profits and ensures the company's success is something they are required to consider and (if feasible) execute.
I've shifted policies in the past to make sure they didn't affect coverage for things like recreational scuba, or put limits on how far I can ride a motorcycle in a day.
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There was a guy earlier who jumped no chute and toward the end of free fall clung for dear life to a buddy with a chute. To say he was the first somewhat of a stretch.
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The insurance companies wanted to do exclusions on motorcycles but they are a legal and licensed mode :thumb: of transport in the U.S. :thumb:
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Wow, think how much air fares will decrease if the airlines didnt have to land just to unload their passengers.
Big nets! Sweet!
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Boing Airplanes!
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I watched that on the tube last night, outrageous. He was not exactly in the center of the target when he hit, very lucky. Couldn't believe he would attempt that with a wife and child to consider. Hopefully they have a large life insurance policy out on that guy. Pretty awesome views of the earths horizon at 25,000 ft.in the footage.
Not sure what insurance company would underwrite the policy. Lots of skill involved in this stunt, bravo for pulling it off. Maybe at a certain point for some people, the only way they can get their thrills is to truly do death defying stunts. Since he didn't hit the target right in the center, this stunt held some real risk of him missing the net. Onward and upward, uh downward!
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IIRC they did some tests with a dummy and the net. Blew right through it. :shocked: Maybe they upgraded the netting.
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I'm certainly no expert here or pilot, but can a single prop airplane like that get to 25,000 feet? And once there how did he breath? I think commercial airlines need to be pressurized anything over 15K
Be interesting to hear some technical detail
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:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:
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I'm certainly no expert here or pilot, but can a single prop airplane like that get to 25,000 feet?
That's a Cessna 208B. Technically, flying at 25,000 is trivial (even if the service ceiling is a bit lower). It's got a P&W PT6 turbine. Made in Wichita; know it well.
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Interesting. Thanks for the input on the prop plane....pretty cool
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If you got to watch the full video, it tells about him and his fellow skydivers using oxygen masks. It even points out the moment he takes his off on the way down.
The guy in WW2 left his behind when he dove out of his burning aircraft. He did not expect to live anyway.
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I honestly don't know how he was able to fit into that gear with his size brass cojones.
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Wow, think how much air fares will decrease if the airlines didnt have to land just to unload their passangers.
Big nets! Sweet!
Passengers would be OK, but think about what a mess it would be at baggage claim! :grin: :grin:
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Maybe that's how D.B. Cooper did it.
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Maybe that's how D.B. Cooper did it.
Funny you say that, I sometimes wondered if YOU were DB Cooper
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(I've been thinking about doing it again, the money ran out a long time ago.
This time maybe with a wing suit.
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(I've been thinking about doing it again, the money ran out a long time ago.
This time maybe with a wing suit.
Fly DB Fly! :bow:
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I guess you're not a caterpillar if you jump but dont use a chute.
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic002/parachute%20citation_zpsjqlr4c3b.jpg)
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I guess you're not a caterpillar if you jump but dont use a chute.
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again ..."
Wait a second ....