Daredevils jump from a mountain into a plane

[Gerald]

Fred Fugen and Vince Reffet from France jumped from Jungfrau mountain into a moving plane.
It was to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Patrick de Gayardon's achievement in 1997, when he jumped from an aircraft into a moving plane.

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-eur...n-into-a-plane

This is odd.

[Skybird]

Next time press the "Forward" button instead of "Reverse".

[fireftr18]

I wish my parents had so much money, I could waste time doing something stupid. It certainly wouldn't be that.

[vienna]

Some people will do anything to avoid having to deal with the TSA...









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[HW3]

I wonder what makes them "experts", the fact they haven't killed themselves doing it yet?

[vienna]

Pretty much; otherwise, they'd be referred to as "Damn Fools"...







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[fireftr18]

Originally Posted by vienna

Pretty much; otherwise, they'd be referred to as "Damn Fools"...







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I'll still call them "stupid fools" (As I go inside a house, set it on fire, and stay and watch the fire grow. )

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by HW3

I wonder what makes them "experts", the fact they haven't killed themselves doing it yet?

This is true for any field.

[Gerald]

I like adventure and challenges but this, 'feel' not quite right.

[fumo30]

Nah, that was nuthin' special assuming they wore paraschutes as a safety measure.

There was a guy who jumped off a hot air balloon WITHOUT a chute.

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by fumo30

Nah, that was nuthin' special assuming they wore paraschutes as a safety measure.

That would have been fine for the skydiver, but planes don't handle even minor collisions well.

http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/23/us...sky-diver.html

A sky diver collided with a plane more than a mile above the ground on Sunday, causing a crash that killed the four people aboard the aircraft, the authorities said today. The parachutist was hospitalized with a broken ankle.

[fumo30]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

That would have been fine for the skydiver, but planes don't handle even minor collisions well.

http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/23/us...sky-diver.html

Yes, of course. I was only joking about taking maximum risks.

I forgot putting this smiley in my post:

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by HW3

I wonder what makes them "experts", the fact they haven't killed themselves doing it yet?

Precisely

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Precisely

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.

[Jimbuna]

I'm simply wondering how many if any have come into contact with the propellor blades