Sky diver survives!

[S-TO-8K]

How amazing is this???? :smile:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/jersey/content/articles/2006/12/20/michael_holmes_fall_feature.shtml

Helmet Video here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/mos/skydiver.html?in_article_id=435694&in_page_id=1990&in_a_source=

 

[91 X]

holy $#!T!!!

remind me to never jump out of a perfectly good airplane....:redface:

 

[MLmotorsport]

Vid doesn't work for me - anyone else able to view it? Maybe it's just as well. :biggrin:

The article states that he was introduced to skydiving at a 2-week course here in FL. It wouldn't surprise me if the school was Skydive Space Center. I've jumped with other skydiving centers but gone with these guys on 4 occasions, the latest being their new 18k ft jump and have never been with a more professional group of jumpers. I highly recommend them... if you're nuts enough to try it. :wink:

Fwiw, the only moment of sheer terror comes when you're at the door, ready to jump. Once you're "flying" - well then it's too late to change your mind so you might as well enjoy it!

 

[DocL]

Those guys were on the news last week. Pretty incredible that he lived and that he's going to jump again.

 

[MLmotorsport]

If the orig. vid doesn't work for you... try this.


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[92 white 0650]

Re: Yeah, that was a doozy !!

remind me to never jump out of a perfectly good airplane

We skydivers have a little saying
"There are no perfectly good airplanes" :wink:

Seriously, this was a rare equipment malfunction that prevented him cutting away (releasing himself) from the main canopy fro a clean reserve deployment. The reserve did not fail, it just never had a chance to inflate properly with the main still up there. He was indeed lucky to survive. For skydivers out there who want more details, go here

 

[NSX-Tuner]

Note to self: Cancel your sky diving plans for next weekend.

 

[mickeylex]

This reminds me of the saying "Those who survived really enjoyed it".
Thanks for the video - another confirmation that I shouldn't skydive. :smile: