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Trump Wants Parachute
The Sun ^
| 12 October 2001
Posted on 10/12/2001 10:35:55 AM PDT by Asmodeus
Trump wants parachute
From CLODAGH HARTLEY
in Los Angeles
PROPERTY billionaire Donald Trump has been thinking of buying a PARACHUTE in the wake of last months attacks on skyscrapers.
Trump, 55 owner of Manhattans glitzy Trump Towers is one of scores of nervous New Yorkers to inquire about new executive chutes.
US makers Precision Aerodynamics say they have been besieged by calls about the £500 chutes billed as a last resort for those trapped on top of burning high-rise buildings.
A rival, the Emergency Building Escape Parachute, will cost £1,575 or more depending on the customers weight.
Precision Aerodynamics brochure says the chutes, developed after the September 11 atrocities, will open automatically.
It adds: Simple steering and landing techniques can deliver you to the surface with confidence.
But the American Parachute Industry Association said most people who used the products would DIE.
It is discouraging sales to office workers.
Spokesman Lowell Bachman said: Its just not a good idea.
He suggested ropes and abseiling equipment might be a better choice.
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posted on
10/12/2001 10:35:55 AM PDT
by
Asmodeus
To: Asmodeus
At that price, I am going to learn how to sew them and sell them. : )
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posted on
10/12/2001 10:41:31 AM PDT
by
Woodstock
To: Asmodeus
Seems executive "Golden Parachutes" is taken on a new meaning.....
To: Asmodeus
'most people would die'. scientific studies have proven that people jumping out of tall building *without* chutes die almost every time. i'd strap one, jump and start praying. better yet, start a home based business in the rocky mountains.
To: Asmodeus
If he has to use one from 50 floors up on the Trump Tower, he may lose his hairpiece in the fall.Has he given this some thought?? LOL...
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posted on
10/12/2001 10:46:35 AM PDT
by
habs4ever
To: Asmodeus
Ok, Lowell, why is it not a good idea? Probably b/c the wind would suck you back close to the building? The Sun isn't the best source for this stuff anyway. Not sure, but I do see base jumpers jumping off buildings. And if I had a choice of burning alive or take my chances with a parachute, I would choose the chute any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
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posted on
10/12/2001 10:47:12 AM PDT
by
thefactor
To: Donald Trump
Get a clue, buddy!
It is cheaper and safer to put you and yours in a nice ground floor building somehwere outside of ground zero...
Some people get lucky in the money section of their astrological chart, but lose out in the common sense area...
Poor Donald! All money, and no common sense.
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posted on
10/12/2001 10:49:34 AM PDT
by
jacquej
To: Asmodeus
I heard the owner of this company
Executive Chutes on the radio the other day. He said they were ready to go to market at the beginning of the year but they scrapped the idea 'cause they thought no one would buy one. Before 9-11 he was probably right. Price-$795.
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posted on
10/12/2001 10:49:59 AM PDT
by
Musket
To: Asmodeus
I think what they would want are "Base Jumper" parachute
To: Musket
Aren't there any fatalists left in this country?
To: Asmodeus
But the American Parachute Industry Association said most people who used the products would DIE. But wiil change their tune as soon as their product is ready for distribution.
To: Musket
Aren't there any fatalists left in this country?
To: Asmodeus
Airbag sidewalks.
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posted on
10/12/2001 11:02:39 AM PDT
by
dead
To: Asmodeus
NIKE says AIR JORDEN's will do the trick.......
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posted on
10/12/2001 11:08:14 AM PDT
by
TRY ONE
To: Musket
A good friend of mine works for the parent company of this product,
Destiny Powerchutes, in my tiny little town of Three Rivers, MI and he was saying they were concerned about marketing this because they did not want to appear to be capitalizing on the attacks, but they have been overwhelmed with requests even from their limited advertising. They just purchased a new building to increase their production capabilities.
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posted on
10/12/2001 11:21:19 AM PDT
by
Damocles
To: Asmodeus
How high up are the Trump Towers? Can a parachute really work if it's deployed from just a few hundred feet?
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posted on
10/12/2001 11:25:13 AM PDT
by
jpl
To: Musket
From your reference source URL for one of the parachute manufacturers:
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posted on
10/12/2001 11:30:09 AM PDT
by
Asmodeus
To: Asmodeus
Trump's, of course, will be suitable golden in color.
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posted on
10/12/2001 11:32:24 AM PDT
by
PsyOp
To: Asmodeus
Mr. Trump might want to think about what kind of message that might send to potential buyers/tenants in his New York skyscrapers.
"No thanks, Mr. Trump. I wouldn't want to live or work in this building even if you paid me. I think your 20th century tall-building paradigm has come to an abrupt end."
To: habs4ever
Perhaps he can figure a way to have his hairpiece double as a chute. If we start seeing CEO's sporting Pompadours, we'll know whats up.
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posted on
10/12/2001 11:34:17 AM PDT
by
PsyOp
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