Daredevil to attempt jumping out of plane at 25,000 feet without a parachute
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saw this on the evening news.. wife and son will be there to watch.. smh
he must feel confident he can do it, but to me, it is a pretty irresponsible thing for a husband/father to do.
he must feel confident he can do it, but to me, it is a pretty irresponsible thing for a husband/father to do.
Sometimes, just to do something just because you can doesnt make much sense. This takes crazy to another level.
Hopefully he'll not win a Darwin Award.
Hopefully these aren't being used afterwards.
Hitting a net 1/3 the size of a football field seems to be the second of his worries. I'm wondering about the first minute or so of the jump. Terminal velocity of a skydiver, that is, when the person no longer accelerates because wind resistance offsets gravity acceleration is around 60 meters/second or 200 ft/sec. If he jumps at 25 Kft, it will take around 45 seconds to reach 18 kft, where the air is still pretty thin. After that, he will have a minute down to 5 kft, which is when he better start looking for the net. He will have only 25 seconds to zero the net after that. If the guy is disoriented in the beginning due to oxygen problems and doesn't recover in a minute, he could have a big problem.
I can't imagine they wouldn't have some sort of delay. The payoff better be a big one.
he'll have a big problem the moment he steps outta the plane without a parachute.
Meh, I didn't read the article. Really no big feat!
Think about it...you only require a 'chute if ya plan on jumpin' again.
Think about it...you only require a 'chute if ya plan on jumpin' again.
All it takes is a strong gust of wind at the wrong time and it won't matter if there's a net or not.
He must believe the world will view him as a hero. After thinking about it, dumbass seems more appropriate.
He made it, but he used oxygen to 12,000 ft - wimp
Johnny Utah jumped out of a plane without a parachute or a net
Or maybe if someone pulled the net out at the last second like Lucy with Charlie Brown's football...
AAUGH!
I was hoping for the outcome that took place. Didn't want to hear about a guy that died right in front of his wife
