Former paratrooper attempts record jump without parachute

Gerald · 10-26-20, 05:29 PM

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A former paratrooper has attempted to break two world records after jumping from an aircraft into the sea.

John Bream, 34, nicknamed "the Flying Fish", dropped about 130ft (40m) from a helicopter off Hayling Island on the Hampshire coast.

Support divers said he was briefly unconscious when he hit the water and was taken to hospital as a precaution.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-54692343

No cold feet...eh?

August · 10-26-20, 05:40 PM

What two records was he trying to break?

Gerald · 10-26-20, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by August

What two records was he trying to break?

No! This man had record,

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The current world record for the highest jump into water is 191ft (58 metres).

That feat was achieved by Brazilian-Swiss extreme athlete Laso Schaller during a leap from a cliff at Cascata del Salto, Switzerland, in 2015.

https://news.sky.com/story/john-brea...o-sea-12115279

Mr. Bream did a attempt!

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Mr Bream was raising funds and awareness for All Call Signs and Support Our Paras, two charities which provide mental health support for veterans.

He is believed to have fallen for about three or four seconds before hitting the Solent waters at about 80mph.

He was aiming to set a record for the highest freefall into water from an aircraft. But his attempt has not yet been verified by the Guinness World Records.

August · 10-26-20, 06:11 PM

The thread title mentions TWO world records. I figured that the highest jump into water would be one of them but I wonder what was the other?

Gerald · 10-26-20, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by August

The thread title mentions TWO world records. I figured that the highest jump into water would be one of them but I wonder what was the other?

Me too! Maybe the speed..? which was "about 80mph".

Gerald · 10-26-20, 06:20 PM

He have some funds, so here is the link for it https://uk.gofundme.com/f/Highest-ju...ump-into-water

August · 10-26-20, 06:21 PM

I hope it wasn't something like:

1. Highest jump into water

2. Highest jump into water from an aircraft.

Because then you could add:

3. Highest jump into water from an aircraft while wearing pants.

Gerald · 10-26-20, 06:23 PM

It is possible that it appears there ...what records it is about, more concretely.

Gerald · 10-26-20, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by August

I hope it wasn't something like:

1. Highest jump into water

2. Highest jump into water from an aircraft.

Because then you could add:

3. Highest jump into water from an aircraft while wearing pants.

Sweet!

Platapus · 10-26-20, 07:09 PM

I bet that was some hard feeling water.

Buddahaid · 10-26-20, 08:21 PM

People try that from the GG bridge and most fail...

Aktungbby · 10-26-20, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

People try that from the GG bridge and most fail...

Indeed! When I interviewed for Golden Gate bridge security a while back, the 5 person interview panel inquired 'what I an experienced Federal housing officer, would do to improve things on the bridge'. I responded with my customary cheeky sod humor: "open a bungee-cord concession to "let em' try it once!" They were consumed with mirth! So much for formality. During a Civil War re-enactor weekend, some years previously, at Ft. Point directly under the G.G. Bridge, a female jumper had miscalculated her leap and ended up inside the fort. Fortunately ,the grave 0200 on-duty shift, incl. myself, were battle-hardened fire/police 'first responders'. We covered the multiple messy remains with our ponchos (HIV precautions) and summoned the Presidio Park Police to handle the affair, w/o waking some 150 other re-enactors, mostly juveniles, in their bunks. Talkin' firsthand misery here! I was probably going to get the bridge patrol position... till I surmised being the newest recruit on the grave shift on the bridge during Pacific storms at SF Bay's Hells Gate is no place for old 60+ guards to be! I did not show for the second interview even though the panel had apparently liked my no-holds barred response enough to invite me for the second interview....the bridge is now being fitted/equipped with steel netting to prevent jumpers. 26 (known out of 1400 since 1937!) jumpers died this year and Bridge Security prevented another 156 from leaping to their demise.

Jimbuna · 10-27-20, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

People try that from the GG bridge and most fail...

Aktungbby · 10-27-20, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

I bet that was some hard feeling water.

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The four-second fall from the Golden Gate Bridge sends a person plunging 245 feet (75 m) at 75 miles per hour (121 km/h) to hit the waters of the San Francisco Bay "with the force of a speeding truck meeting a concrete building." Jumping off the bridge holds at least a 98 percent fatality rate; and it is speculated the fatality rate is actually higher than 98% because of people whose bodies are never found after they make the jump. As of 2013, it is estimated that 34 people have survived after jumping.Some die instantly from internal injuries, while others drown or die of hypothermia. The Golden Gate bridge's death toll has since been surpassed only by that of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in China.

COLD FEELIN' WATER IMHO but help is just a call away: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...e_Bridge_2.jpg

Jimbuna · 10-27-20, 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

COLD FEELIN' WATER IMHO but help is just a call away: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...e_Bridge_2.jpg

Performed a quick search and it looks like the Golden Gate death figure is somewhere in the region of 1,700 and the Nanjing Bridge has recently passed 2,000

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,667 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The thread title mentions TWO world records. I figured that the highest jump into water would be one of them but I wonder what was the other? __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,213 Downloads: 548 Uploads: 0	He have some funds, so here is the link for it https://uk.gofundme.com/f/Highest-ju...ump-into-water __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,667 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I hope it wasn't something like: 1. Highest jump into water 2. Highest jump into water from an aircraft. Because then you could add: 3. Highest jump into water from an aircraft while wearing pants. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,213 Downloads: 548 Uploads: 0	It is possible that it appears there ...what records it is about, more concretely. __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,936 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I bet that was some hard feeling water. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,553 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	People try that from the GG bridge and most fail... __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie