FreeflyChile 0 #51 December 13, 2007 This is just a guess, but I am thinking that when they contacted the DZ and told them what they wanted to do, the DZ probably told them "no, you dont get 90 secs of freefall from 4 grand, no you can't talk in freefall and yes you can catch someone" but they did the episode anyway because it's a cool episode to do. i wish they had done whether or not someone holding on to the rig could actually hang on when the parachute opens... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shermanator 4 #52 December 13, 2007 Quote Closed Captioning.... DUH Oh and by the way, it DID have a nicely done skydiving/base jump RW scene by the elves... /They did make a nice rw jump, didn't they! ... now that elf at the end when the kid doesn't want to give up his present, the elf says "trust me" .. .. that elf is scary! no way would i trust him!!!CLICK HERE! new blog posted 9/21/08 CSA #720 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #53 December 13, 2007 Quote Kari didn't jump. She sucks. She had a good excuse for not jumping - recent knee surgery. Did anybody tape it? We don't get Discovery and someone I know "might" have been on the show. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shepp 0 #54 December 13, 2007 The full episode is available at http://video.discovery.com. Just download their little player (it took like 15 seconds) and the episode title is called 'Air Plane Hour' If that doesn't work for you, PM me your address and I'll send you a DVD or VHS; I DVR'd it. edit: made clickyExperience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward. Accidents don't just happen. They must be carelessly planned. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alanab 0 #55 December 13, 2007 he most definitely was on the show! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phillbo 11 #56 December 13, 2007 OK guys, I missed the show but have been arguing with a buddy for a long time over that stupid airplane on the conveyor belt question.... Please tell me they proved the friggen plane would take off and said so on the show .. I want to end the madness with him Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #57 December 13, 2007 There wasn't even a mention of it in the show. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #58 December 13, 2007 Quote OK guys, I missed the show but have been arguing with a buddy for a long time over that stupid airplane on the conveyor belt question.... Please tell me they proved the friggen plane would take off and said so on the show .. I want to end the madness with him Who have you been arguing about this with? and what are they trying to convince you of?Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phillbo 11 #59 December 13, 2007 My buddy is a moron. He is convinced the plane would never take off. He is confusing ground speed with airspeed. I tell him over and over again to 'be the plane, not the wheel' but it does not sink in with him Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
labrys 0 #60 December 13, 2007 It's been discussed several times already. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2203341 http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=2005988Owned by Remi #? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #61 December 13, 2007 Quote he most definitely was on the show! I saw him! Sweet! Thanks for the link Shepp, worked great. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HeadCone 0 #62 December 13, 2007 QuoteI love your acronym from your sig line. Has anyone else mentioned it? I did point it out once, lol: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2769682;#2769682 --Head-- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #63 December 13, 2007 stop fucking posting links that D-O-N-T W-O-R-K I-N M-Y R-E-G-I-O-N!!!“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CazmoDee 3 #64 December 13, 2007 The "Dummy" and the camera guy following him jumped through a cloud, I mean some pretty thick industrial haze. I thought you couldn't do that.I'm behind the bar at Sloppy Joe's....See ya in the Keys! Muff 4313 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #65 December 13, 2007 You can't. They didn't. Move along. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kai2k1 0 #66 December 14, 2007 Quote It was entertaining...for the most part. The only thing that I really did not like was seeing Buster bounce. I know he's not real and it's just a Simulaid, but the image of seeing a human form hit the ground from freefall is very disturbing. They played that scene (and the scattered appendages) several times over. _Pm I didnt like it either... i lost a good friend out at perris that went in with nothing out... i didnt ike the sensationalizing by showing the dummy bounce.. But other than that i dug the entire episode.. There's no truer sense of flying than sky diving," Scott Cowan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheSecret 0 #67 December 14, 2007 I thought it was great! I don't know if they were trying to appeal to the super-skydivers out there, just the super-channel surfers. Good to see familiar faces doing what they do best.Life is good Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
