Well here's one way to turn 2 minutes into an hour long show. Can't figure out why its going to be on tape delay though :crazy2:
p.s. don't try this at home >:D
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"We're talking about jumping without a parachute, and I take that very seriously. It's not a joke," he adds.
Nearby, a pair of huge cranes defines the boundaries where the net in which Aikins expects to land is being erected. It will be about one-third the size of a football field and 20 stories high, providing enough space to cushion his fall, he says, without allowing him to bounce out of it. The landing target, which has been described as similar to a fishing trawler net, has been tested repeatedly using dummies.
One of those 200-pound (91-kilogram) dummies didn't bounce out. It crashed right through.
"That was not a good thing to see," recalled Jimmy Smith, the veteran Hollywood public relations man who, with his partner Bobby Ware, sold Fox on the idea of having someone skydive without a parachute.
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/29/daredevil-to-attempt-jumping-out-plane-at-25000-feet-without-parachute.html
I can barely imagine how much liability waiver paperwork he had to sign for this stunt.
Would make me wanna kill myself too!
I guess this is one way to respond to the current US political mess. ;)
Quote from: steve58 on July 29, 2016, 03:40:12 PM
p.s. don't try this at home >:D
There are days I'd like to...
Well, while I think this is incredibly stupid, especially since he has a wife and child, I hope he doesn't make the news for the wrong reasons...
Insane:)
Damn!
He was a little close to the edge of the net when he hit :o
Quote from: Staggerwing on July 31, 2016, 06:22:13 AM
Damn!
He was a little close to the edge of the net when he hit :o
Yeah, looked that way. Glad he made it! O0