skydiving - close call!

[Smiling JOe]

Sky diver nearly gets taken out by a plane Video by Sean Von Grim - MySpace Video@@AMEPARAM@@http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=685544760@@AMEPARAM@@mediaservices@@AMEPARAM@@myspace@@AMEPARAM@@services/media/embed@@AMEPARAM@@aspx/m@@AMEPARAM@@685544760!Talk about a close call. Watch for the skydiver falling right into the path of the plane below.

 

[audie]

i'm glad that wasn't me ! but then again, i don't skydive !

 

[Chickpea]

i'm glad that wasn't me ! but then again, i don't skydive !

I skydived once before I had kids - LOVED it as I love sensation of free falling and wish I had the guts to bungy jump but I am too chicken for that!!!!!!

 

[RiverOtter]

Watch this!Talk about a close call. Watch for the skydiver falling right into the path of the plane below.

Holy CRAP!!!

 

[audie]

I skydived once before I had kids - LOVED it as I love sensation of free falling and wish I had the guts to bungy jump but I am too chicken for that!!!!!!

you're a brave woman chick (or crazy ;-) )...audie don't like heights. my in-laws live out by the airport and we love to go watch the skydivers out there in the summer.

 

[NoHall]

I highly recommend it. (Pun not intended, but now that it's there I'll keep it.)

So who technically had the right-of-way in that situation?

 

[ATJoe]

I skydived once before I had kids - LOVED it as I love sensation of free falling and wish I had the guts to bungy jump but I am too chicken for that!!!!!!

Years ago I had the opportunity to bungee jump from a 110' high platform suspended by a crane. Can't say I'd ever attempt it again , but at least I can "check it off the list". Would love to skydive just to feel what must be the surreal sensation of standing in the open door and falling from a completely functional aircraft.:shock:

 

[Smiling JOe]

I highly recommend it. (Pun not intended, but now that it's there I'll keep it.)

So who technically had the right-of-way in that situation?

I guess that depends whether or not the pilot reported jumpers out on the radio.

I jumped once, and cannot say that the excitement lasted long enough to do it again. Also, considering that 2 out of the 11 jumps that day had major FUs, it is probably good that I got that out of my system.

 

[ATJoe]

I jumped once, and cannot say that the excitement lasted long enough to do it again. Also, considering that 2 out of the 11 jumps that day had major FUs, it is probably good that I got that out of my system.

2 out of 11? 18 percent?? :shock: :shock:

OK. Disregard my above "I'd love to skydive" statement.

 

[NoHall]

Years ago I had the opportunity to bungee jump from a 110' high platform suspended by a crane. Can't say I'd ever attempt it again , but at least I can "check it off the list". Would love to skydive just to feel what must be the surreal sensation of standing in the open door and falling from a completely functional aircraft.:shock:

"Surreal" is a good word for it. I've done high-element swings, rapelling, etc., and jumping from 14,000 isn't half as scary because when you look out of the plane it just doesn't register. Even free-falling is less like falling than being blasted in the face with a whole lot of air. I would make sure I didn't jump where Smiling Joe jumped; I don't like those odds!

My brother once told me about a group (that included some members of Monty Python) called the Dangerous Sports Club. One of the activities was the reverse of your bungee jump: You're strapped down to a platform on the ground, and a 300-foot crane stretches the bungee upward. Release straps, try not to black out and get tangled in the bungee...

They also liked to go down ski slopes on large objects not associated with skiiing, like Venitian Gondolas, giant inflatable elephants, and grand pianos. Ah, to be young, rich and foolish...