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Some guy jumped outta a plane without a chute from my city airport?!?

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Got a phone call about this today asking if I had heard anything about it. Apparently some guy went to the city airport (not the dz btw) and hired someone to fly him around. At some point he just jumped out... Suprised I haven't gotten more emails or calls about it as it goes thru the grapevine about someone jumping outta a plane

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Deputies locate body after apparent jump from airplane
From The Daily Union, March 22, 2004

By Gail Parsons

Law enforcement officials located the body of an individual who they thnk may have jumped from an airplane Monday afternoon after it took off from the Manhattan Regional Airport.

The search for the individual ended at about 4:30 p.m. in a privately-owned field off Humboldt Creek Road, south of Interstate 70, in rural Geary County.

Geary County deputies and members of the Kansas Highway Patrol had been searching the area on foot and by air since about 2:15 p.m. when they received a call from Riley County.

According to Geary County sheriff's department a possible suicide had occurred when a passenger of a small fixed-wing aircraft apparently jumped without a parachute.

The pilot returned to the Manhattan airport to report the incident to law enforcement authorities.

Though a body was discovered in a field, well away from public access, positive identification was pending.


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Years ago, A flight took off from somewhere in northern Canada, with four people on board. A youngman was sitting in the front with the pilot, and his sister and a fourth person was in the rear seats.

The young man, made a remark, that he could actually step out of the plane and walk or fly alongside it.

With that he opened the door, and got out.

His body was never found.

What the heck would make anyone do a thing like that....his mind must have just snapped.

Bill Cole D-41




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That happened around Houston about a year ago, it really really really emotionally fucked up the pilot. Enough that he doesn't fly anymore and he threw away a career flying for Southwest!
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What the heck would make anyone do a thing like that..





Well....there was the case of a guy on Alaska air a few years ago that "Went Nuts!" Turns out he unknowingly had some form of meningitis which was exacerbated by the altitude. Altitude can do some REALLY strange things to people.

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What an asshole........why would he do that to the pilot? :S



He didn't give a crap about anyone but himself, and his desire to commit suicide.

This happens at gun ranges now and then too; someone will rent a handgun to shoot, go to the firing line, and then blow his brains out. The gun range is left to clean up the physical and legal mess.

It's not easy getting out of a plane that isn't set up for jumping. I once jumped a C-206 with the conventional door in place, hinged at the front. Even with the pilot side-slipping to help get the wind off the door, it was still extremely difficult to get the door open into the prop blast enough to roll out. I wouldn't try it again...

I used to know a gal who did this same thing, and as she rolled out, the door slammed on her leg, breaking it. So now she's in freefall, with a broken leg, worried about opening shock, and landing...

A pilot committed suicide here in Houston about, oh, eight years ago, near a small grass strip called Harbican Field. There was a small Cessna DZ there. The kamikazi dove past the jump plane, and went right into the ground. The investigation ruled it a suicide. I guess he wanted someone to see it happen, so they could find his remains.

The world is full of very strange people.

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"That happened around Houston about a year ago, it really really really emotionally fucked up the pilot. Enough that he doesn't fly anymore and he threw away a career flying for Southwest!"
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What an asshole........why would he do that to the pilot? :S



That's exactly what I thought. If someone wants to commit suicide, that's fine, but one need not traumatize someone else or needlessly involve that person in their decision or its execution.

The same thing happened here in Florida about a year ago. The guy had been a pilot, I remember reading, and he went with an instructor supposedly for currency retraining, and he asked the instructor to do some steep turns, and one moment he was there, the next he had opened a door and jumped.

I wonder what it would be like for a person who did not know how to control freefall -- they'd probably be pretty shocked at how unstable they felt all the way to the ground. I say this because I think that all whuffos -- including myself when I was one -- think that people can just fall in a nice diving arc all the way to the ground with no difficulty. I bet these guys just flailed and flailed...
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I wonder what it would be like for a person who did not know how to control freefall -- they'd probably be pretty shocked at how unstable they felt all the way to the ground.



Witness the odd video today from Korea, where a suicide leaper jumped off a 16-story building. We got to see the video on the news, because the police had air bags down below, and he didn't die. He hit the corner of an air bag, and bounced off onto the ground, seriouisly injuring himself.

He was holding what looked like a pair of shorts over his head, as if he was trying to use them like a parachute. Very strange...

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That is a bit strange. Oh chris when are you going to get your birdman suit your were talking to me about? can't wait till i get back to manhattan to see it hehe
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What an asshole........why would he do that to the pilot? :S


huh you guys do it all the time,your just so nice to wear a rig and let the piolt know that your jumping;):D:ph34r:

but what he said,the pilot wont feel good thats for sure..[:/]

Stay safe
Stefan Faber

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You might want to clarify if:

1 - you are pointing out the redundancy in Chuteless' post or;

2 - you are personally insulting/messing with Chuteless

I can't tell which

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Neither.

My response was more from the standpoint of my own knowledge and recognition of Mr. Cole's wonderful accomplishments in the realm of skydiving, reading his statement/question from the standpoint of that knowledge, and drawing a subtle parallel between his accomplishments and the statement/question he posed. My post was not one to insult, but to, again, subtly recognize Mr. Cole as one who has done such a thing himself... and seeing the humor (although rather dry I suppose) in it. I see it completely went over your head; perhaps I was too subtle, or you just weren't aware of the history. Either way, there was certainly no insult intended, and I hope you (and anyone else) didn't/won't read it that way. Next time I'll just chuckle to myself and just keep my fingers bound.

Gardner

P.S. Some history To quote part of the linked page, "Bill Cole did a lot for skydiving in Canada... ...He was the 2nd person to purposefully jump out of a plane without a parachute. " (source: linked webpage)

edited to add: dz.com discussion

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Well....there was the case of a guy on Alaska air a few years ago that "Went Nuts!" Turns out he unknowingly had some form of meningitis which was exacerbated by the altitude. Altitude can do some REALLY strange things to people.



There was someting like that on an episode of CSI.


I remember reading about a german buisenessman (or someone in politics) who had about 200 jumps under his belt. A scandel was uncovered involving him and before police could bring him in he was at the DZ on jumprun and suprise ,suprise he didn't bother to activate his main or reserve. Thats pretty selfish to put that on the DZ.

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The lastest is that he was flying with his father and I think both were pilots. The guy who got out of the plane may have actually been the pilot in command.

Not to be morbid but the sheriff's deputy said that the body was found 30 ft from a 3 ft deep crater. This is pretty sad.

JM

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I remember reading about a german buisenessman (or someone in politics) who had about 200 jumps under his belt. A scandel was uncovered involving him and before police could bring him in he was at the DZ on jumprun and suprise ,suprise he didn't bother to activate his main or reserve. Thats pretty selfish to put that on the DZ.


he was a politician. Nothing was put on the DZ. But at first on the activity.
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