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To: nickcarraway

I remember reading a story about a WWII American airman who had to bail out or fell out of a bomber over enemy territory.

In the end, he ended up ‘landing’ without a parachute down the gentle slope of a grassy mountain or something like that. He cartwheeled and rolled head over heels down the slope, but he incurred no injuries....


2 posted on 05/08/2014 12:45:50 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer

A Russian airman survived a 13,000 foot fall when he hit a snow covered mountain at a high angle and slid to a stop.


3 posted on 05/08/2014 12:48:59 PM PDT by AU72
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To: Gaffer

IIRC, there are several cases of individuals falling from planes at high altitudes and surviving....one included a person who fell through a plate glass skylight.


10 posted on 05/08/2014 1:02:57 PM PDT by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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To: Gaffer
5 Tales of Survival from Extreme Falls
14 posted on 05/08/2014 1:19:43 PM PDT by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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To: Gaffer

“Ooooooh sssshhhhhh!!!!!!!!ttttt!!!”


16 posted on 05/08/2014 1:23:40 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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