Why would a pilot jump?
08-03-2022, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
Best not to assume.
I'm also assuming it's slightly more likely that he committed suicide than that he thought it would safer to try to freefall into a lake from 3500 than land with a missing wheel.
This is one of those times when I think it's useful to talk about this before the final comes out because others might learn to be careful when troubleshooting gear problems.
Kind of doubt the final will be conclusive anyway. The investigators will probably reach the same conclusion I did, but have no way to disprove the survivor's version.
08-03-2022, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
I'm also assuming it's slightly more likely that he committed suicide than that he thought it would safer to try to freefall into a lake from 3500 than land with a missing wheel.
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08-03-2022, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
And sometimes it even works…
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08-04-2022, 04:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Halon1211
https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-dies-...123424547.html
I don’t understand why the co-pilot would jump out of a moving plane before touching down…did he really think it was safer than landing gear up? Was he really that dumb? These must be more to this story. If anybody has more info, can you please shed some light.
I don’t understand why the co-pilot would jump out of a moving plane before touching down…did he really think it was safer than landing gear up? Was he really that dumb? These must be more to this story. If anybody has more info, can you please shed some light.
08-04-2022, 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Excargodog
Inevitably a few more will come out of the woodwork with supposedly true stories that they've heard about, relatives they knew, or friend-of-a-friend accounts. They're never true.
In 2016, Like Aikins did a freefall from 25,000 into a large net complex in a one-off event, sans parachute rig or a wing suit. It was a first.
08-04-2022, 08:15 PM
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08-05-2022, 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
That story has been re-told many times, but was never true.
The physics is pretty easy, terminal velocity isn't really that fast, if you land in thick enough vegetation, snow, debris, or even a haystack it is survivable.
08-05-2022, 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Halon1211
I think those side doors are removable? If he had a good grip on it and it got caught in the slipstream that could be all she wrote.
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