Skydiver survives a 10,000 foot drop???

[npgraphicdesign 3]

How new/old is this?

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=15311422&ch=4226726&src=news

[AlRedler 0]

Fairly recent, as being discussed here: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3649641;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread

[lost_n_confuzd 0]

Fairly new, I think within the past few days. It's on youtube also.

[JohnMitchell 16]

Glad he lived.

[mtbriles 0]

dude thats nothing i survive ones from 13500' all the time

Why not?
My direction in life is up...then down again REALLY REALLY FAST!!!
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D.S. #55

[npgraphicdesign 3]

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dude thats nothing i survive ones from 13500' all the time

Braggart...and you probably weren't wearing a camera helmet WERE YA?

[mtbriles 0]

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dude thats nothing i survive ones from 13500' all the time

Braggart...and you probably weren't wearing a camera helmet WERE YA?

damn youre right i wasnt, ill remember that for next time

Why not?
My direction in life is up...then down again REALLY REALLY FAST!!!
Never take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
D.S. #55

[warpedskydiver 0]

A flight attendant survived a 33k foot fall with no rig.

[npgraphicdesign 3]

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A flight attendant survived a 27k foot fall with no rig.

link to story?

[kingbunky 3]

it's from wikipedia, but there are enough details and outside links to confirm it.

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[warpedskydiver 0]

At least three airmen survived free falls of around 20,000 ft (6,000 m) without a parachute in the Second World War; Lt. I.M. Chisov was a Russian bomber pilot, Sgt. Alan Magee was an American gunner on a B-17, and Sgt. Nicholas Alkemade was a British gunner on a Lancaster bomber.

It is estimated that a person free falling in the "box" position reaches a terminal velocity of around 120 mph (200 km/h) after a fall of just 1,000 ft (300 m), so the additional 19,000 ft (5,700 m) doesn't make these falls that much more dangerous, apart from the lack of oxygen at high altitude.

All three men lost consciousness during their falls, and two of them landed on terrain covered in deep snow, which was probably a significant factor in the survivability of the falls.







Vesna Vuloviæ, a flight attendant from Yugoslavia, survived a fall from 10,160 m (33,330 ft) when the DC-9 airplane she was traveling in blew up over Srbská Kamenice, Czechoslovakia, on January 26, 1972.

She remained strapped into her flight attendant's seat in the tail section of the plane, which remained attached to the washrooms. The assembly struck the snow-covered flank of a mountain. A terrorist bomb was thought to be the cause.

Vuloviæ broke both legs and was temporarily paralyzed from the waist down. No other passengers survived.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovic

[shah269 0]

I've received 10 emails this morning regarding this stroy.
All with the lines of, hay dude...maybe you should stop?
Man it was only 8 jumps! Let get get certified first before asking me to quit!

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