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24,500 + feet... good landing.
Don't believe what you hear and only half of what you see!
-Tony Soprano
More like splatter.Originally Posted by dukalmighty
Retired USAF E-8. Avatar is OldVet from days long gone - 1978. Oh, to be young again...
Paranoia strikes deep, into your heart it will creep. It starts when you're always afraid... "For What It's Worth" Buffalo Springfield
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Yup, just a big splat. That's why he's wearing a space suit. Keeps everything inside if he hits. Seriously, don't have 4,000 jumps like another poster, but did jump 131 times. Highest was a cross country starting at 12,500 feet and 12 miles out from the DZ. That was wild, would do that again if the conditions were right.
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I can't believe I missed this! They have had soooo many delays that I didn't pay much attention. Came back from errands, BOOM it's all over. Hope to catch it when Discovery makes a Documentary out of it...
If there ever was a good example of a true unsung hero it would be him.
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I watched it live too. Pretty incredible.
Skydiver Breaks Sound Barrier in Record Jump
-Bark'n
Semper Fi
"The gun is the great equalizer... For it is the gun, that allows the meek to repel the monsters; Whom are bigger, stronger and without conscience, prey on those who without one, would surely perish."
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I just can't see the logic in jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft.
Airborne!
A man fires a rifle for many years, and he goes to war. And afterward he turns the rifle in at the armory, and he believes he's finished with the rifle. But no matter what else he might do with his hands - love a woman, build a house, change his son's diaper - his hands remember the rifle.
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I watched this live as well. It was something to be proud of as a human being. I am also excited for future documentaries.
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That is the conventional wisdom until we started jumping out of the MV-22 Osprey. The pilots and crew chief said we were the smart one since had parachutes
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”
And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
Isaiah 6:8
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Anything high enough to "boil" air bubbles out of solution's too high for me. Getting the bends at 120Kft and 700+ mph would be a bummer.
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense.
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: The Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
NRA, GOA, OFF, ACLDN.
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After all, that is why the landing gear don't fall off--they have to use them again!
Did you catch the flipping around he did until he reached enough atmosphere to stabilize?
Paranoia strikes deep, into your heart it will creep. It starts when you're always afraid... "For What It's Worth" Buffalo Springfield
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No extreme buffeting upon getting into denser air? I suppose we'll have to wait for the book to come out to get the finer details.
This was a truly awesome feat. Glad he made it OK.
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Did not get to see it live but seen it coming across a bunch of the news channels. Good ole adrenaline high!
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