My Son Wants To Know....

[BigMikeH77 0]

"What happens if you hit a bird when you're skydiving?"

Have there been any recorded incidents of a skydiver hitting a bird while in freefall?

[ridebmxbikes 0]

What kind of bird and where would it hit you at? I imagine anything hitting you at 120+ wouldn't go over so well!

[ryoder 1,590]

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3447476#3447476

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[drewcarp 0]

http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/How_Fast.html

Kinda interesting. Sound like you would only have a chance of hitting a migrating bird.

There is a pretty funny video on youtube of a russian guy hitting a falcon (or something) with his paraglider.

Hilarity ensues...

Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGzzSIZvA40

[crotalus01 0]

Theres a picture out there of a guy that hit the wing of a largeish bird with his face. IIRC it broke his nose and gave him some lacerations, and killed the bird.

As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

[BigMikeH77 0]

Thanks for the responses! Interesting stuff indeed

[jakee 1,500]

crotalus01

Theres a picture out there of a guy that hit the wing of a largeish bird with his face. IIRC it broke his nose and gave him some lacerations, and killed the bird.

You're probably thinking of Fergs, the Aussie wingsuiter - Ryoder linked to the thread above.

There's also an older shot of an RW guy's helmet after a strike. There's a bird about the size of a sparrow wedged halfway through the visor of an Oxygn! Think it gave the jumper two black eyes. Haven't seen that for years though.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[rifleman 70]

This one?

[inline birdstrike_visor.jpg]

found it here:

http://www.skyxtreme.com/archive/july2000/safety.html

the article is about halfway down the page.

Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation

[grue 1]

rifleman

This one?



found it here:

http://www.skyxtreme.com/archive/july2000/safety.html

the article is about halfway down the page.

holy shit.

cavete terrae.

[ChrisD 0]

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=4486036;page=1;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25;

Ok, anyone have any pictures of bugs?

And while we are at it my ex rides a broom, watch out for her, and I mean anyone who brings back the broom and leaves the ex....

C

We had a resident Eagle at my last DZ it was fun to watch the thing move out of the way as we got close. A little creepy as well...

But what do I know, "I only have one tandem jump."

[JohnMitchell 16]

European swallow or African swallow?

I heard of a South American jumper hitting a condor, I believe it was, fatal, I heard, but I don't know if it's a true story or not.

[ChrisD 0]

JohnMitchell

European swallow or African swallow?

I heard of a South American jumper hitting a condor, I believe it was, fatal, I heard, but I don't know if it's a true story or not.

The poor bird?

C

But what do I know, "I only have one tandem jump."

[bluebird932 0]

http://www.cda.pl/video/241748c/Rosyjski-spadochron

[uberchris 0]

JohnMitchell

European swallow or African swallow?

i dont know!

gravity brings me down.........

[Zlew 0]

I had a friend who hit a grasshopper that was sucked up by thermals. She hit it in freefall, and said it felt like someone threw a baseball at her face from 5 feet away.

[potatoman 0]

Posted this before, but grasshopper struck chest just before opening. About 4inches big boy. Looked like a outlined tatoo of a grashopper on the chest.

Painfull.....

And then there is heal

You have the right to your opinion, and I have the right to tell you how Fu***** stupid it is.
Davelepka - "This isn't an x-box, or a Chevy truck forum"
Whatever you do, don't listen to ChrisD.