Heaven Sent

[RocketDawg]

The guy's supposed to jump out of the airplane sans parachute at 7 tonight on Fox in a program called Heaven Sent.

 

[11thEagleFan]

How's this going to work? Is he going to "tag up" with someone who is wearing a parachute? I seem to remember Travis Pastrana doing the same thing a couple years ago.

 

[Bulldog from Birth]

He's going to jump from 25,000 ft, with no parachute or wingsuit, and attempt to land in a safety net that's about 1/3 of a football field, held up by cranes. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[BossDawg78]

He's going to jump from 25,000 ft, with no parachute or wingsuit, and attempt to land in a safety net that's about 1/3 of a football field, held up by cranes. What could possibly go wrong?

Damn....I wonder how they figured out the precise location where he needs to jump out. There has to be some hidden safety measures in place or something. I'm guessing this will be sponsored by Red Bull, too.

 

[msstate7]

Damn....I wonder how they figured out the precise location where he needs to jump out. There has to be some hidden safety measures in place or something. I'm guessing this will be sponsored by Red Bull, too.

No worries... I did the math and got a B in physics**

 

[Bulldog from Birth]

From what I understand, there are no safety measures. As far as guidance, he's an expert sky diver and know how to use his body position to maneuver. I would suspect he will have some type of gps guidance system to guide himself. I think he's made several practice runs where he pulls a chute at 1,000 ft and is comfortable up to that point being on his line.

 

[RightOfCenter]

Is he landing in Oxford?** has Hugh prayed over this?**

 

[aTotal360]

...100-sq ft (9.3-sq m) net in the Southern California desert. That seems REEEEEAAAALY small.

EDIT: that website was wrong. its actually 100ft x 100ft. Now I'm not impressed.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

He could land on Hugh's teeth. He will be able to see those jokers from a mile up.

 

[RocketDawg]

I don't see how this could be "real" ... it just sounds impossible.

He'll have a couple of guys WITH parachutes that go with him ... a photographer and another trailing smoke so observers can tell where they are.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

Is he dropping red backpacks as he falls?*

 

[11thEagleFan]

Heaven Bound might be a more appropriate title for this.

 

[RightOfCenter]

Stupid is as stupid does?**

 

[DerHntr]

Hard to believe this guy didn't die

 

[preacher_dawg]

I saw the title of the thread and thought it was probably another OM fantasy about their coach.

 

[Dogariffic]

Just watched the video after reading about it here . Heck that was wicked to watch....

 

[57stratdawg]

Any link?

 

[preacher_dawg]

https://youtu.be/g8j0YFzmqWc

 

[WrapItDog]

He's just warming up for the next big stunt. Attempting to land on Scott Field with a parachute**

 

[Predestined]

Five miles, at night.

 

[Original48]

He's just warming up for the next big stunt. Attempting to land on Scott Field with a parachute**

I was at that game as it sounds like you were. Here it is..
http://youtu.be/MMup0JXRX8c

 

[RocketDawg]

I was at that game as it sounds like you were. Here is it is..
http://youtu.be/MMup0JXRX8c

I was there too. If I remember correctly, there was a strong northerly wind, and he was attempting to land WITH the wind. That final turn was a doozy though, and I think he was fairly new to skydiving.