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Offline Tom

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Re: Jump from 25K nails the landing. No chute no wing suit.
« Reply #30 on: August 01, 2016, 02:31:09 PM »
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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Re: Jump from 25K nails the landing. No chute no wing suit.
« Reply #31 on: August 01, 2016, 03:05:34 PM »
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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Re: Jump from 25K nails the landing. No chute no wing suit.
« Reply #32 on: August 01, 2016, 03:22:59 PM »
 :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:
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Re: Jump from 25K nails the landing. No chute no wing suit.
« Reply #33 on: August 01, 2016, 03:49:29 PM »
Quote from: Cross-tie Walker on August 01, 2016, 03:05:34 PM
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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Re: Jump from 25K nails the landing. No chute no wing suit.
« Reply #34 on: August 01, 2016, 04:09:14 PM »
Interesting. Thanks for the input on the prop plane....pretty cool
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Re: Jump from 25K nails the landing. No chute no wing suit.
« Reply #35 on: August 01, 2016, 05:37:52 PM »
  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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Re: Jump from 25K nails the landing. No chute no wing suit.
« Reply #36 on: August 01, 2016, 06:10:06 PM »
I honestly don't know how he was able to fit into that gear with his size brass cojones. 
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Re: Jump from 25K nails the landing. No chute no wing suit.
« Reply #37 on: August 01, 2016, 06:57:22 PM »
Quote from: Penderic on August 01, 2016, 01:50:46 PM
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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Re: Jump from 25K nails the landing. No chute no wing suit.
« Reply #38 on: August 01, 2016, 07:51:56 PM »
  Maybe that's how D.B. Cooper did it.
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Re: Jump from 25K nails the landing. No chute no wing suit.
« Reply #39 on: August 13, 2016, 06:09:36 AM »
Quote from: Sasquatch Jim on August 01, 2016, 07:51:56 PM
  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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Re: Jump from 25K nails the landing. No chute no wing suit.
« Reply #40 on: August 13, 2016, 03:53:56 PM »
 (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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Re: Jump from 25K nails the landing. No chute no wing suit.
« Reply #41 on: August 13, 2016, 04:51:43 PM »
Quote from: Sasquatch Jim on August 13, 2016, 03:53:56 PM
(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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Re: Jump from 25K nails the landing. No chute no wing suit.
« Reply #42 on: August 13, 2016, 07:41:44 PM »
I guess you're not a caterpillar if you jump but dont use a chute.


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Re: Jump from 25K nails the landing. No chute no wing suit.
« Reply #43 on: August 13, 2016, 10:43:45 PM »
Quote from: Penderic on August 13, 2016, 07:41:44 PM
I guess you're not a caterpillar if you jump but dont use a chute.


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