Or was Luke Aikins as mad as a box of frogs ?
I really can't decide whether to admire this 25,000 foot freefall 'dive' into a net.....Or shake my head in disbelief. :o
I guess he'd done every conceivable test and worked out his chance of success. But................
Your opinions, team ?
Cheers - Phil
Nutcase - he didn't even hit the middle of that net.
Once you work out how big and how high the net needs to be to stop someone at terminal velocity (hopefully with a nice, big, safety margin), he was always going to be safe!
As long as he didn't miss the net that is Will ;). Mad as cheese IMHO.
Completely nuts, but then he's a foreigner.
IanS
If he missed the net he wouldn't need a funeral as he'd be 6 feet under already.
;D ;D ;D
Who is Luke Aikins?
Very clever, but absolutely Bonkers, but he is American so I suppose that explains it :D
Quote from: Ithoriel on 01 August 2016, 10:00:28 AM
Who is Luke Aikins?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36935234
Thanks Jim.
I'd missed that one.
REAL men don't use nets.
Quote from: Ithoriel on 01 August 2016, 03:35:14 PM
Thanks Jim.
I'd missed that one.
He didn't, the net I mean.
Is he related to Cupid Stunt?
Quote from: d_Guy on 01 August 2016, 03:48:45 PM
REAL men don't use nets.
X_X
Quote from: Leman on 01 August 2016, 04:03:27 PM
Is he related to Cupid Stunt?
Of course, Andy......It was all done in the
best possible taste.
Cheers - Phil
I noticed afterwards he was standing next to a woman and child. If that was his family then he is really one selfish bar steward.
I do think that there must be a point at which we stop admiring these people and start saying "no. That's silly."
Quote from: Leman on 01 August 2016, 06:30:22 PM
I noticed afterwards he was standing next to a woman and child. If that was his family then he is really one selfish bar steward.
Quote from: fsn on 01 August 2016, 07:47:40 PM
I do think that there must be a point at which we stop admiring these people and start saying "no. That's silly."
I totally agree with both of the above statements
+1
Quote from: Leman on 01 August 2016, 06:30:22 PM
I noticed afterwards he was standing next to a woman and child. If that was his family then he is really one selfish bar steward.
Oh come on now, which one of us with children
hasn't wanted to jump out of a plane with no parachute at some point or another?! O:-)
X_X
Steady, that man. ;)
Cheers - Phil
My total lack of a head for heights sorts that problem for me. Also, I have never flown with my family.