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- captinherb, on 10/12/2007, -8/+162It'll be easy to spot me falling, I'll be the one with the streaming trail of urine and poo.
- playerslight, on 10/12/2007, -2/+108It's so refreshing to see something with practical value posted on Digg.
I'll thank this article after I get hurled out of an aircraft at 600 MPH over 6 miles above the earth and live to poke fun at the incompetent pilots. - Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+90Pussies get traumatized. Real men go, "Hell, yeah, I fell 35 thousand feet, mofo, you'd better buy me another round."
- rubicante, on 10/12/2007, -0/+69I believe that's called the Lawn Dart approach.
- jalexhall1989, on 10/12/2007, -0/+64Well.. if videogames are real (which i'm sure they are) then one of the following would happen, you
1. Aren't hurt from the fall at all
2. Wait till your shield regenerates
3. grab med-pack near by
4. Wait till respawn - sideshowRAHEEM, on 10/12/2007, -1/+58Finally some good advise I can't tell you how many times I've found myself in a 35,000 foot free fall.
- capiCrimm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+52To fill in the blanks it was...
have mid-air sex with Kari and enjoy the pre-death flashbacks( mainly the one about sex with Kari ). - adolfojp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+44The mythbusters told me that I could survive if I could somehow open and deploy the inflatable escape "ramp" and somehow in mid air tie myself to it and use it as a parachute.
And then something something Kari something something Kari. - rubicante, on 10/12/2007, -0/+41Yea, who wants to live anyway?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+40just land in a blackberry bush
- NinjaBoy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+37any one see the myth busters episode about using a emergency raft to float down?
- robertDouglass, on 10/12/2007, -1/+35"Just how fast are you going? Imagine standing atop a train going 120 mph, and the train goes through a tunnel but you do not. You hit the wall above the opening at 120 mph. That's how fast you will be going at the end of your fall. Yes, it's discouraging, but proper planning requires that you know the facts."
Very encouraging! - ToxicDose, on 10/12/2007, -0/+34If you fell into a 15 story marshmallow, wouldn't you suffocate?
- aurrea, on 10/12/2007, -2/+33I'm printing this and keeping a copy in my wallet.
- capiCrimm, on 10/12/2007, -12/+421. bring a parachute
2. explain to security why you have a parachute.
3. get lots of cigarettes in prison
4. ???
5. PROFIT!!!!! - shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29im just going to wear parachute pants whenever i take a flight.
- Tochi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27They should just build parachutes into airplane seats...
- undersky, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28u cannot open the exit door in midair. those doors are locked until pressure is equal. those doors, before open, need to detach inwardly before outwardly. when cabin pressure is higher than the external pressure, those doors cannot be opened because they are "pushed" against the frame. why do you think airlines never worry about a madman just go and open those exit doors?
- jcapogna, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21Who's gonna be the first to jump out of an airplane to see if this guide works?
- IMustBeEmo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20But what if I get lag out there? I'm dead! I even heard there's no respawn points in RL!
- LaGStAr, on 10/12/2007, -2/+20@Jo9100
There was a quote in House M.D.
Lady: What about her quality of life
House: Life is quality
Or something like that =D
Being paralyzed would be better than being dead. - baxtermaddux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17finally some information i can actually use. every month, without fail, i will either lose my wallet, misplace my car keys, or fall out of a 747.
- shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18I mean im going to use this at least five times a week, its so practical.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Reminds me of old Bugs Bunny cartoons. Wiley Coyote to be exact.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16in this age of bombs and all that ***** (sadly), why don't they invest in a parachute for every passenger under the seat? it seems to me like a SMALL investment compared to the amount extra invested in the TSA and a small amount compared to the cost of all the other security and safety crap.
- bubba9999, on 10/12/2007, -5/+20This article is retarded. You're statistically better off hoping that the baby Jesus magically appears and makes a 15 story gigantic marshmallow appear under your ass.
- TWillz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Just find the fattest passenger on the plane and latch on! Nice soft landing guaranteed!
- Persol2point0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14If your plane is crashing, it's likely the pressure is equal.
- Shade00a00, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Would be better as "Skydiver survives free-fall by landing on Bush"
- NinjaBoy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14"exactly how fast can a passenger whip out that parachute"
Well if it were me, Pretty damn fast. I might just wear it until we landed and then put it back. Better safe then sorry. - theoristbj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Tried it. Didn't work.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13funny i was just thinking about this earlier (mainly if you are sitting in the exit row of a plane... are you legally obligated to help others or can you just jump out using the life raft as a parachute)
- colinmhayes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13thank god for the law of physics that says a pair of people always land fat-side down!
- PrinceofSpace, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Just in time for my flight home for the holidays! THANKS!
- rowlodge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12forgot to say flap your arms as fast as you can.
- Dadelus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12@Hode
"I didn't quite understand the 5 point thing either."
It's all about distribution of force. In Judo the concept is used to try to roll with the force if an opponet successfully throws you in an attempt to lessen the damage your body takes.
The "5 point fall" or Parachute Landing Fall (PLF) is used in parachuting and is a similiar concept. Your feet make initial contact with the ground and then during that initial contact you roll to one side. So the sequence of events is...
Land on your feet and roll to one side.
Allow you legs to relax so you crumple
calves hit the ground and take the 2nd hit
knees hit and take the third
hips hit and take the fourth
upper body hits and takes whatever force is left.
In reality after a 35,000 foot fall the sequence of events would probably be
Land on your feet
Femur exits your body through the top of your skull
Recovery workers carry off what woodland creatures leave in a hefty bag. - drewman77, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Yes because statiscally it is so much safer to be on the highway than fly. /sarcasm
- captinherb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9@buckynekkid
Like this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locked-in_syndrome
Scares the hell out of me. - colinmhayes, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10a real man, that's who.
- Couchy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10You know what, there is a good chance one of the thousands of us reading this article might at some point in our lifetime find ourselves plummeting to the earth. I, for one, am glad to have read such advice, and will think of it fondly as I prepare for imminent impact.
- kokorhekkus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9A skydiving guy I worked with took his parachute with him as a carry on (since they're rather expensive) and explained at the check-in desk what it was. He then hears the man in the couple behind him saying to the woman he was with half-loud "He's afraid".
So the correct order would be:
1. Bring a parachute
2. Explain to security what it is
3. Ridicule.
Sorry, no profit :) - mathd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I always bring my parachute with me as a carry on. The trick is to put it in a bag so that other passengers don’t see it. The parachute is not on the list of thing you cannot bring with you on a plane.
The reason that skydiver bring there equipments with them is because we don't want airport security personal to mess with our equipments and open or cut thing that they don't understand. I count on my equipment to be functional when I need it and we don't want anyone except me to mess with it. - neko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Better stock up on those Scrolls of Icarian Flight then.
- mostlybadfly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8small?
you're talking about a several hundred million dollar plan here...
"in this age of bombs and all that *****"
that line is GOLD! - JorgeGT, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Ask that guy, Stephen Hawking...
Seriously, he cannot even talk without help and has done for humanity much more than thousands of healthy people.
THAT is the way to go! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I will be sure to digg the article about me falling out of a 747 and surviving.
- ATH025, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Because everyone knows that the first thing that most North Americans would think after landing safely on the ground is "I wonder how much we can sue this airline company for".
- tuxidomasx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8mandatory parachutes worn by everybody at all times.
whats wrong with that? - selrahc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Geez, perhaps you should be writing the article then;) Or have you just been lucky so far?
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