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User ID: 5248206 United Kingdom 05/23/2012 12:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Stuntman in freefall. No carsh. A first in aviation history! A stuntman has made aviation history by becoming the first skydiver in the world to land without the use of a parachute. Gary Connery , 42, from Oxfordshire, leapt from a helicopter a mile above Henley then glided down using a specially adapted wing suit before landing on a "runway" of 18,000 cardboard boxes. "It was so comfortable, so soft. My calculations obviously worked out and I'm glad they did," he told Sky News afterwards. [ link to news.sky.com] Pandacat |
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User ID: 5248206 United Kingdom 05/23/2012 12:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Stuntman in freefall. No carsh. A first in aviation history! Video of landing here. Amazing! [ link to www.telegraph.co.uk] Pandacat |
DooM CooN User ID: 1266067 United States 05/23/2012 12:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Stuntman in freefall. No carsh. A first in aviation history! I've been waiting for this guy to do that. He's been talking about it for sometime now. |
DooM CooN User ID: 1266067 United States 05/23/2012 12:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Stuntman in freefall. No carsh. A first in aviation history! P.S. He looks like a flying squirrel. |
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User ID: 5248206 United Kingdom 05/23/2012 12:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Stuntman in freefall. No carsh. A first in aviation history! Pin suggest for best stunt in history. Pandacat |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 16509902 United States 05/23/2012 12:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Stuntman in freefall. No carsh. A first in aviation history! I actually predicted then 3-4 years ago.
"He'll land in boxes." I dunno.
Just thought I'd mention.
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User ID: 5248206 United Kingdom 05/23/2012 12:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Stuntman in freefall. No carsh. A first in aviation history!
I actually predicted then 3-4 years ago.
"He'll land in boxes." I dunno.
Just thought I'd mention.
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Quoting: Anonymous Coward 16509902 Link or it didn't happen :) Pandacat |
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User ID: 1208235 United States 05/23/2012 12:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Stuntman in freefall. No carsh. A first in aviation history! Damn he still had a lot of speed but impressive none the less! I get enough of a rush landing my sailplane - I couldn't imagine what riding that suit in felt like! I do have to dock him a few points for not flying a proper pattern "There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know." |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 7315935 United States 05/23/2012 12:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Stuntman in freefall. No carsh. A first in aviation history! I still say Jeb Corliss was the first to hit earth without the use of a parachute: [ link to www.youtube.com] |