Surviving free fall - worth considering?

[smithcorp]

Interesting Popular Mechanics article here about surviving a 35,000
feet free-fall without a chute...

http://www.origin.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4344036.html?page=1

smith

[Uncle Fuzzy]

On Feb 1, 9:15*pm, smithcorp > wrote:
> Interesting Popular Mechanics article here about surviving a 35,000
> feet free-fall without a chute...
>
> http://www.origin.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4344036.html...
>
> smith

I think I'll wear my 'chute. The chances of finding (and hitting) a
swamp bog, snow covered slope, or haystack are pretty slim in the
desert southwest.

[Scott[_7_]]

Uncle Fuzzy wrote:
> On Feb 1, 9:15 pm, smithcorp > wrote:
>> Interesting Popular Mechanics article here about surviving a 35,000
>> feet free-fall without a chute...
>>
>> http://www.origin.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4344036.html...
>>
>> smith
>
> I think I'll wear my 'chute. The chances of finding (and hitting) a
> swamp bog, snow covered slope, or haystack are pretty slim in the
> desert southwest.

You have mountains with snow on top out there, don't you? As a bonus,
you don't have as far to fall from 30,000 Ft. ;)

[Papa3]

I'd file this under the category of "having academic interest" :-) At
least would give you something else to think about on the way down
prior to the big splat.

P3

Scott wrote:
> Uncle Fuzzy wrote:
> > On Feb 1, 9:15 pm, smithcorp > wrote:
> >> Interesting Popular Mechanics article here about surviving a 35,000
> >> feet free-fall without a chute...
> >>
> >> http://www.origin.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4344036.html...
> >>
> >> smith
> >
> > I think I'll wear my 'chute. The chances of finding (and hitting) a
> > swamp bog, snow covered slope, or haystack are pretty slim in the
> > desert southwest.
>
> You have mountains with snow on top out there, don't you? As a bonus,
> you don't have as far to fall from 30,000 Ft. ;)

[Scott Lamont]

On 3 Feb, 10:06, Papa3 > wrote:
> I'd file this under the category of "having academic interest" :-) *At
> least would give you something else to think about on the way down
> prior to the big splat.
>
> P3
>
>
>
Along with regretting not having packed goggles in your carry-on!

SL

[smithcorp]

My interest in this topic was piqued when I was thermalling locally in
a club two-seater at about 3,500 feet with no parachute of course, and
a child's red balloon went shooting past the cockpit. I saw the sudden
flash of colour and braced for a crash, reflecting soon afterwards
that i would have splattered all over someone's rooftop if it had been
another aircraft!