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08-28-2012, 09:22 AM
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Parachute Failure
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08-28-2012, 10:58 AM
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Re: Parachute Failure
I'll imagine those homeowners were surprised!!
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08-28-2012, 11:32 AM
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Re: Parachute Failure
I actually always wondered what a fall from the sky would do to a human being. Dude, even though he's dead and I'm sorry for him I would've thought his body would be a lot more damaged. Remember that horse and horseman falling off the cliff? Those bodies were shredded!
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08-28-2012, 11:35 AM
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Re: Parachute Failure
That's why I refuse to jump out of a perfectly good airplane.  |
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08-28-2012, 11:38 AM
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Re: Parachute Failure
I assume things broke his fall, maybe tree's and such. Here's an epic splatter if you want one http://www.documentingreality.com/fo...lattttt-61816/ |
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08-28-2012, 11:39 AM
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Re: Parachute Failure
Something we don't know is what type of failure he experienced. I imagine a complete failure (no chute) would have left him a bit more like a compressed jelly doughnut. A partial failure could have left him with some bit of chute overhead and in the dark he might have thought he wasn't falling too fast for survival.... Didn't help if he actually hit the patio vice a cleared area of drop zone! |
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08-28-2012, 01:11 PM
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Re: Parachute Failure
Did he land in the middle of a backyard BBQ?  "Who still wants some burgers"?
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