Another bad demo

[skywade 0]

Where was this demo jump made?

http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=3095817&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/

[Halfpastniner 0]

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Where was this demo jump made?

http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=3095817&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/

Wow they thought that was really funny

BASE 1384

[normiss 801]

while they thought it funny...he did make the right decision to deal with getting too far downwind..

[DougH 270]

Doesn't look like he had many options once he was at that point.

It looks like his pattern was planned so his final was over the outfield wall so he could avoid flying final over the crowd in the stands.

Should I assume that the jumper was also flying into a strong wind?

Once he found himself in that position he was on final and didn't have a lot of time to adjust. Maybe rear risers once on final to try to flatten the glide and clear the outfield wall?

"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall"
=P

[normiss 801]

I don't think the flag weight would have cleared the wall at that point no matter what he tried!

[BillyVance 34]

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I don't think the flag weight would have cleared the wall at that point no matter what he tried!

And that flag didn't look big enough to need a shot bag, IMO, unless he really wanted the leading edge of it straight.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[danielcroft 2]

To: yourcomments@foxnews.com
CC: uspa@uspa.org

Innapropriate comments on video item

To whom it may concern,

The video "Off the Mark" is a video of a skydiver attempting a demonstration landing at a minor league baseball field. The video shows the skydiver coming into land & then deciding to make a landing outside the field. The parachute is shown clipping a palm tree and then disappearing from view. The commentators ridicule the skydiver and no reference is made as to whether the skydiver was injured or lived through the incident. If the video had actually contained footage of the skydiver healthy or at least ok after the incident I wouldn't have as much of a problem with the commentary. It seems in poor taste that the hosts of this program would poke fun at a potentially life threatening situation such as this without any idea as to the condition of the person involved.

http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=3095817&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/

Regards,
Daniel Croft

[normiss 801]

Other than a bad decision that got him downwind, he was ok.
I think he ended up with some thorns in his hands from sliding down the tree though.
The other jumper had no problems making it to 2nd base with the flag he was flying!

[danielcroft 2]

Good to hear (read).

[LongWayToFall 0]

They say he was not injured. Watch it again. I was pissed at first, but when they said that, it does kinda turn it into a "blooper"

[normiss 801]

Trust me...he wasn't hurt in the least.

The tree snagged him pretty good, but he came away uninjured.
Funny how this just came out as this jump happened quite some time ago.
Oh yea, Faux News.

[Tuna-Salad 0]

fucking news ppl laughing at his ass saying how embarassing it was when none of them even had the balls to try skydiving. The news pisses me off

Millions of my potential children died on your daughters' face last night.