The greatest stunt ever ?

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Techno

01 August 2016, 07:05:03 AM Last Edit: 01 August 2016, 03:56:52 PM by Techno
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 ?

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Leman

01 August 2016, 07:07:19 AM #1
Nutcase - he didn't even hit the middle of that net.
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Duke Speedy of Leighton

01 August 2016, 08:26:27 AM #2
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!
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Steve J

01 August 2016, 09:01:52 AM #3
As long as he didn't miss the net that is Will ;). Mad as cheese IMHO.

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01 August 2016, 09:13:47 AM #4
Completely nuts, but then he's a foreigner.

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jimduncanuk

01 August 2016, 09:34:52 AM #5
If he missed the net he wouldn't need a funeral as he'd be 6 feet under already.
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Leman

01 August 2016, 09:56:08 AM #6
 ;D ;D ;D
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Ithoriel

01 August 2016, 10:00:28 AM #7
Who is Luke Aikins?
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Orcs

01 August 2016, 11:14:47 AM #8
Very clever, but absolutely Bonkers, but he is American so I suppose that explains it  :D
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jimduncanuk

01 August 2016, 11:54:56 AM #9
My Ego forbids a signature.

Ithoriel

01 August 2016, 03:35:14 PM #10
Thanks Jim.

I'd missed that one.
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d_Guy

01 August 2016, 03:48:45 PM #11
REAL men don't use nets.
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jimduncanuk

01 August 2016, 03:55:26 PM #12
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.
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Leman

01 August 2016, 04:03:27 PM #13
Is he related to Cupid Stunt?
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Techno

01 August 2016, 06:24:51 PM #14
Quote from: d_Guy on 01 August 2016, 03:48:45 PM
REAL men don't use nets.

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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.

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Leman

01 August 2016, 06:30:22 PM #15
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.
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fsn

01 August 2016, 07:47:40 PM #16
I do think that there must be a point at which we stop admiring these people and start saying "no. That's silly."
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Orcs

02 August 2016, 07:09:56 AM #17
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
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paulr

02 August 2016, 08:42:30 PM #18
+1
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O Dinas Powys

03 August 2016, 08:36:12 AM #19
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:-)
(I know, even though it's fantasy  :o  ;)  )
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