Freefaller

Cyclefrance · 02-12-2007, 06:06 PM

On the news tonight - a freefaller in New Zealand filmed his own fall to earth after his parachute failed to open. Despite falling at 100mph and crashing into the ground, he ended up alive with just a broken ankle and a collapsed lung.

ITV showed the film tonight on their late news bulletin - not on their website yet though - will keep an eye out for it.

freshnesschronic · 02-12-2007, 06:35 PM

How do you survive that?

freshnesschronic · 02-12-2007, 07:19 PM

FOUND IT! http://www.break.com/index/skydiver_..._freefall.html

zippyt · 02-12-2007, 08:00 PM

he ended up alive with just a broken ankle and a collapsed lung.

And a pair of underware FULL of ,,,,,, CRAP!!!

xoxoxoBruce · 02-14-2007, 08:11 AM

His chute opened at the last minute and he hit the trees. Is it the same one cyclefrance was talking about?

Sundae · 02-14-2007, 08:34 AM

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/...0&in_a_source=I can't view freshnesschronic's clip, but this is the one that Cyclefrance was referring to, as seen on the evening news.

Neither of his chutes opened, but he did land in a thicket/ brambles, so it might be the same one?

xoxoxoBruce · 02-22-2007, 11:28 PM

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It shows him plummeting 12,000ft to earth after both his parachutes failed, saying goodbye to the world... and hitting the ground with a sickening thud at 80mph.

That's it. The spare chute snapped open at the last minute or he'd have been going a hell of a lot faster than 80mph.

02-23-2007, 05:11 AM

Terminal velocity when flat and stable is about 120 mph. It takes around 90 mph air resistance just to be maneuverable. At 80 mph he probably had the form of a sack of potatoes. Shame he wasn't equipped to land by autorotation.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-24-2007, 09:16 PM

A spinning sack of potatos..... but not being able to cut the tangled main chute free and having to work the second chute out, he didn't have much choice. Hey, he could have drilled to China, so he's damn lucky.

02-12-2007, 06:06 PM	#1
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Freefaller On the news tonight - a freefaller in New Zealand filmed his own fall to earth after his parachute failed to open. Despite falling at 100mph and crashing into the ground, he ended up alive with just a broken ankle and a collapsed lung. ITV showed the film tonight on their late news bulletin - not on their website yet though - will keep an eye out for it. __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

02-12-2007, 08:00 PM	#4
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	he ended up alive with just a broken ankle and a collapsed lung. And a pair of underware FULL of ,,,,,, CRAP!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

02-14-2007, 08:11 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	His chute opened at the last minute and he hit the trees. Is it the same one cyclefrance was talking about? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-14-2007, 08:34 AM	#6
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/...0&in_a_source=I can't view freshnesschronic's clip, but this is the one that Cyclefrance was referring to, as seen on the evening news. Neither of his chutes opened, but he did land in a thicket/ brambles, so it might be the same one? __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

02-22-2007, 11:28 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	HTML Code: It shows him plummeting 12,000ft to earth after both his parachutes failed, saying goodbye to the world... and hitting the ground with a sickening thud at 80mph. That's it. The spare chute snapped open at the last minute or he'd have been going a hell of a lot faster than 80mph. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-12-2007, 06:35 PM	#2
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	How do you survive that?

02-12-2007, 07:19 PM	#3
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	FOUND IT! http://www.break.com/index/skydiver_..._freefall.html

02-23-2007, 05:11 AM	#8
NoBoxes Guest Posts: n/a	Terminal velocity when flat and stable is about 120 mph. It takes around 90 mph air resistance just to be maneuverable. At 80 mph he probably had the form of a sack of potatoes. Shame he wasn't equipped to land by autorotation.

02-24-2007, 09:16 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	A spinning sack of potatos..... but not being able to cut the tangled main chute free and having to work the second chute out, he didn't have much choice. Hey, he could have drilled to China, so he's damn lucky. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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