craichead 0 #1 August 11, 2005 AndyMan and I just watched this...pretty entertaining! It will be on again tonight on the Discovery Channel at 12am Eastern, and on August 14th at 3pm Eastern. _Pm Episode 37: Escape Slide Parachute Join the MythBusters as they test three tall tales of high flying and free falling. The first pits them against Hollywood logic with Buster doing his best Indiana Jones impression, the second tests the explosive properties and decapitation potential of hair cream, and the third addresses surviving a fall from 33,000 feet without a parachute. So, basically, it's business as usual at the "Mythbusters Flying Circus"! premiere: Aug. 10, 2005__ "Scared of love, love and aeroplanes...falling out, I said takes no brains." -- Andy Partridge (XTC) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #2 August 11, 2005 For those not familiar with this show: "Buster" is a crash-test dummy. They experiment with dropping a raft with Buster inside to replicate the Indiana Jones stunt where a raft was used to survive a fall from an airplane. They also experiment with the tale of a stewardess who fell to earth inside the seperated tail section of an airplane, and survived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rbrcokflichk 0 #3 August 11, 2005 I watched that last night too, I missed the first part with the raft in freefall though!! Hi P!!!!! I'd rather have an awkward morning than a boring night!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madscape 0 #4 August 11, 2005 Buster did not survive the raft drop, but the slide potato chipped so much it slowed to a survivable speed (i.e. no broken bones). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisha 1 #5 August 11, 2005 Are they replaying it tonight as in Thurs, Aug 11 or did I miss the replay as well? Thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craichead 0 #6 August 11, 2005 The replay was last night at midnight (August 11th). The next replay will be August 14th at 3pm Eastern. _Pm__ "Scared of love, love and aeroplanes...falling out, I said takes no brains." -- Andy Partridge (XTC) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craichead 0 #7 August 11, 2005 Hi Aimee! The first raft they tried was pretty cool--a huge hexagonal thing that would make for a great raft dive! I wonder how many people they could fit into it! If you miss the replay on August 14th, I'm sure Discovery will show it several times again. They're good (or annoying) that way. _Pm__ "Scared of love, love and aeroplanes...falling out, I said takes no brains." -- Andy Partridge (XTC) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisha 1 #8 August 11, 2005 bummer. Thanks though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
