Posted on 08/18/2014 9:45:57 AM PDT by george76
Two base jumpers, including an Australian, were killed in separate accidents in the French Alps on Sunday (local time) after parachuting off mountains in their wingsuits.
Their deaths bring to four the number of people killed taking part in the extreme sport in France this month.
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On August 6, two base jumpers, one from Switzerland, the other from France, died in similar accidents in the Alps and French Pyrenees.
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Unlike skydiving, which involves leaping from an aircraft, base jumpers take off with a parachute from a fixed point, usually a cliff or a bridge.
The sport carries high risks. A Norwegian study published in 2007 concluded that base jumping was five to eight times more likely than skydiving to result in injury or death.
(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...
“Now give me the millions of dollars that are saved.”
Analysis rejected due to math error ...
Will not be 32 fps due to air resistance.
AMAZING! 20 feet off the ground! Just wow!
Check out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtJWKfsqrqQ
Guy in Blue and white suit is Ludovic Woerth who was killed in April, a fantastic camera man.
Humans are not birds. “As God as my witness; I though humans could fly”
If they could control the airspeed just a bit they could make a great landing!
A spokesman for Acme Corporation, manufacturer of the wingsuit, declined comment, citing an ongoing product liability lawsuit filed by film star Wile E. Coyote.
Lots of deaths in the area. The local elementary school has to curtail their events because every now and again a person will crash to their deaths in front of the kids or a local farmer will have to report a dead body.
32.2 ft per second per second acceleration until terminal velocity achieved. Math is correct. Gimmedat millions.
“32.2 ft per second per second acceleration until terminal velocity achieved. Math is correct. Gimmedat millions.”
Wind resistance will not allow you to accelerate at 32.2 fps/s.
Fortunately for me, I love sitting in an easy chair reading a book. You might find me in that position about 40 or 50 years from now.
Wind resistance defines terminal velocity.
oh boy..what a brilliant comment..and a waste of a life too!...the poor bastard that jumped to his death for what? A thrill?
Likewise, your comment.
whatever...
“Wind resistance defines terminal velocity.”
Wind resistance defines the acceleration.
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