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Old 12-01-17, 08:36 AM   #1
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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.
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Old 12-01-17, 01:02 PM   #2
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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

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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.
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Old 12-01-17, 02:24 PM   #3
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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:
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