Paratrooper survives chute failure

[Snoopy 0]

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my first thought was, Holy shiiiiat! he went thru a roof too!

then I read at the bottom:

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Another Yugoslav holds the record for surviving a fall from the greatest altitude without a parachute. Air hostess Vesna Vulovic plunged 33,330 feet into a snowbound forest in Czechoslovakia in 1972 when the airliner she was on exploded.

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then my mouth opened. because 33,330 is like 4-5 miles...

[OFPunk 0]

Holy crap, I wish I could find a video of that on kazaa.

[edc 0]

I think during WW2 two people survived falling from their bombers. One hit a snowbank, the other hit a tree. I think one was a brit, and the other was a Russian

[Col. Kurtz 0]

An interesting true story I read happened in WWII also. A USAAF B-24 had finished a bombing raid over Yoguslavia when a flak shell cut the plane in half. The rear-gunners parachute had gone with the rest of the plane, so there was nothing for him to do except go back to his seat. The tail section of the plane floated down and the gunner was unharmed

[DarkLight 0]

Damn, talk about lucky bastards!

[Bart.Jan 0]

Story of Vesna Vulovic

[Ex-RoNiN 0]

Yeah, there are several stories from WW2 about bomber pilots surviving falls from great heights (and I mean great heights).

[cam0flage 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I think during WW2 two people survived falling from their bombers. One hit a snowbank, the other hit a tree. I think one was a brit, and the other was a Russian<span id='postcolor'>

The Russian who fell and hit the snowbank was caught by Germans, who suspected he was a spy because the frontline was so far away, and they didn't believe his story

[advocatexxx 0]

Awesome.. Hot damn! whatta rush.

Next time I go sky-diving I'll be sure to forget my chute. Maybe they'll name a crater after me.

[ralphwiggum 6]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Curcic, a Yugoslav vice-champion with more than 3,000 jumps to his name, performed another parachute drop on Thursday, this time without problems. <span id='postcolor'>

damn. he has a lot of guts to jump again after being almost killed.

[DarkLight 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (advocatexxx @ Nov. 08 2002,15:59)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Maybe they'll name a crater after me.<span id='postcolor'>

I'm sure they will...

[FSPilot 0]

I heard of a video of some guy surviving a parachute failure.  It was on America's Funniest Home Videos (which I think should be called "America's Most Violent Accidents")

Seriously, they always show people getting into these really violent accidents and not getting hurt.  If you ask me, it's worse than all those video games adults are always rambling about.

[Tex -USMC- 0]

[Mister Frag 0]

The paratropper's chances of survival were actually much better than those of many of the WW II bomber crewmen or that of the stewardess.

Apparently, his chutes opened, but didn't do so completely. Thus, the chutes would still have slowed him down as long as he doesn't cut them away or releases the buckles on his harness. I'm sure he hit hard, but he wasn't free-falling.

[PitViper 0]

I had a buddy whose chute shredded when it deployed. This guy was like 110lbs though, so he was still landed safely albeit a lot harder on contact.

[ran 0]

i'm not a paratrooper , but don't you always have 2 parachutes ? the normal one and the emergency one ? or is that just reserved to civilian paratroopers ?

and , if the first chute is shredded , can you deploy the emergency one without dropping the damaged one ?

[edc 0]

I would thing if you deloyed your emergency chute with your main one still there the emergency one would get tangled in the main on.

[Tex -USMC- 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (ran @ Nov. 09 2002,22:42)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">i'm not a paratrooper , but don't you always have 2 parachutes ? the normal one and the emergency one ? or is that just reserved to civilian paratroopers ?

and , if the first chute is shredded , can you deploy the emergency one without dropping the damaged one ?<span id='postcolor'>

emergency reserve chutes aren't known for their reliability lol. Also, a paratrooper usually exits the plane at an altitude where the parachute barely slows them down enough to land safely. Now, Imagine what would happen if 500 feet of that was spent falling like a rock while you waited for the reserve to deploy?

[ran 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tex [uSMC] @ Nov. 09 2002,22:55)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (ran @ Nov. 09 2002,22:42)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">i'm not a paratrooper , but don't you always have 2 parachutes ? the normal one and the emergency one ? or is that just reserved to civilian paratroopers ?

and , if the first chute is shredded , can you deploy the emergency one without dropping the damaged one ?<span id='postcolor'>

emergency reserve chutes aren't known for their reliability lol. Also, a paratrooper usually exits the plane at an altitude where the parachute barely slows them down enough to land safely. Now, Imagine what would happen if 500 feet of that was spent falling like a rock while you waited for the reserve to deploy?<span id='postcolor'>

hehehe , as i said .. i'm not a paratrooper

[Tex -USMC- 0]

My dad was

That reminds me- I got the Band of Brothers DVD set a few days back, and let me put it this way: If you have a DVD player but DID NOT record the episodes when they aired last year, there is absolutely no good reason why you should not go to your nearest store and buy this set. Now. I'm serious. This set reconfirms that this is one of the best war films ever made, even though it is not actually a 'film'.

[ran 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tex [uSMC] @ Nov. 09 2002,23:06)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">the Band of Brothers DVD<span id='postcolor'>

hmm .. you talking about of of the goodies i'll get at christmas

[Tex -USMC- 0]

currently, I can't think of a better way to spend 80 bucks

[SFG 1]

Yea worth the $90 Great DVD set.

[DarkLight 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (SFG @ Nov. 09 2002,00:31)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Yea worth the $90 Great DVD set.<span id='postcolor'>

Goddamnit, i can't believe i taped every single one of those episodes!

Oh well...

[cpl_BOB 0]

OMG, you guyz were ripped off bad!!

it only costs Å40 uk, and thats from amazon.

But hey it is the greatest war film/series to date!!