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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
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Well, like I said, that applies to all fields.
Firefighters have the equipment and procedures from the ones that came before them, and some of them didn't make it.
SCUBA's the same way, except the US navy basically tossed divers into deep water filled holes and then studied the ones that survived...
Skydiving started from tethered jumps from airplanes (balloons perhaps?). And it evolved from there, to where we have wing suits. Now this particular stunt doesn't have a lot of practical use I can see, aside from mid air plane changes for local commuters
. But I'm pretty sure they were very experienced in their field, and had studied all the safety measures that could be applied here. What worries me are the divers/pilots who aren't as experienced as they ought to be who try this, those would be the non experts.