Surviving free fall - worth considering?

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

http://www.origin.popularmechanics.c...36.html?page=1

smith

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.c...e/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.

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.c...e/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.

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.c...e/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.

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

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!