[Woodstock]

At that price, I am going to learn how to sew them and sell them. : )

[rolling_stone]

Seems executive "Golden Parachutes" is taken on a new meaning.....

[Anonymous2]

'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.

[habs4ever]

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...

[thefactor]

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.

[Musket]

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.

[tophat9000]

I think what they would want are "Base Jumper" parachute

[KirkandBurke]

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.

[dead]

Airbag sidewalks.

[TRY ONE]

NIKE says AIR JORDEN's will do the trick.......

[jpl]

How high up are the Trump Towers? Can a parachute really work if it's deployed from just a few hundred feet?

[PsyOp]

Trump's, of course, will be suitable golden in color.

[Alberta's Child]

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."

[parsifal]

So I guess we can look to WalMart and Sam's to make the $39.95 Discount Parachutes. Hope they don't use cheap overseas Pakastani labor to keep the price low.

[gargoyle]

...How about a bungie cord, 120 floors long?

..."Then the TCN executives took him to Atlanta, and set him on the Turner Towers and said, Throw yourself down from here and your employees, with their hands outstretched will ask for their paychecks, before the demons escort you to hell."

[danzaroni]

This makes no sense. The chance of landing safely in a urban setting is very low. I work top floor of a highrise. If disaster strikes (God forbid), I have a very large helium balloon at my disposal to float me up and out of harm's way. It cost a lot less then the parachute too.

[theoutsideman]

Trump is a jackass. No one cares about his thoughts on anything.

[Jarhead_22]

He suggested ropes and abseiling equipment might be a better choice.

After a fire drill last month in which I learned that it takes more than five minutes to descend the one staircase in my office building from the sixth floor, I took a shopping trip to REI. I picked up a fifty meter hank of climbing rope, a kevlar rope guard, a harness, a carabiner and a figure eight for a little less than $200. It resides in a gym bag in the bottom of my filing cabinet.

Paranoia is just total awareness.

Semper Fidelis

[gwmoore]

Having gone to the website, I am concerned about the efficacy of the static line deployment system. There is too much danger, in this "extremis" type of usage for the user to either forget to connect same, tie it off with an ineffective knot, not using the shackle which is evidently provided, or getting fouled during egress.

The BASE jumper style chute is currently available, jump proven, and also has the ability of the jumper to hold the oversized pilot chute in their hand while exiting. They have the choice of holding said pilot chute closed while getting at least a little airspeed,given a little training, or tossing it free immediately and allowing it to deploy the main as soon as sufficient drag has been created.

Frankly I would like to try and use a little freefall (even 2 seconds, if sufficient height is available) to move away from the building prior to deployment. Yes, I do have training, and experience, but in an emergency, audacious action is better than nothing. Static lines could cause fouling and building contact depending upon the prevailing winds. A ballistic deployment system could fire the slug and the drogue back into the building leaving the jumper hung up with a fouled drogue, and costing the airspeed needed to deploy the main.

The idea has merit, but only if the chute is manually deployable with a BASE jumping configuration.

Keep the Faith for Freedom

MAY GOD PROTECT AND DEFEND THIS HONORABLE REPUBLIC

Greg

[George Smiley]

Typical climbing rope is 150 ft.

Double it for rappelling = 75 ft = 7 stories.