The Stuff Of My Nightmares!!!

[SteveMac]

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/47597386/ns/today-today_news/

I get sweaty palms just thinking about this!

 

[Firefly]

Yeah--- I guess that place has many violations and previous problems. Glad they landed her okay. Pretty funny how she was 'fighting' him about going out the door... lol.....he just grabs her arms and is like..... we're GOING granny!!! lol

 

[murphybrown]

No thanks!!

I'm sticking' with Spyder ryding...

 

[wyliec]

Yeah--- I guess that place has many violations and previous problems. Glad they landed her okay. Pretty funny how she was 'fighting' him about going out the door... lol.....he just grabs her arms and is like..... we're GOING granny!!! lol

I started a thread this morning about this (is spydering on her bucket list). She stated on the Today Show that she told the instructor she couldn't move her knees and asked for help to exit the plane.

 

[GloryRyders]

:gaah:I HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS!

 

[spyder3]

That looked scarier than limp mode kicking in going 70 on the highway....er..maybe not..:dontknow:

 

[boborgera]

I jumped / was pushed from a few Huey's no chute,
Just a Prick 25 on my back.
Even at a few feet it jolts you, Can't imagine what a few thousand feet would feel like,
I guess splat and its all over.pps:

 

[Luckyme]

Wow, that is one cool granny. I did that once, and unless someone really close to me wanted me to do it again, I'm done with skydiving. Off my bucket list.
P.S. really glad she kept the hair on.:yikes:

 

[NancysToy]

I made a great many jumps back in the my college days, and served as a jumpmaster for a few hops. There were lots of things visible in that video that should not have happened. Very poor job on the jumpmaster's part. The obvious looseness of the harness before she exited the plane was the worst. A properly fitted and tightened harness would not have allowed her to slip out. It looked like she was actually too short for that rig, possibly aggravated by her obvious spine curvature. She should probably never been allowed to jump. Very lucky that the winged chutes nowadays are more maneuverable and land more softly than the war surplus "rags" we jumped. Her safe survival is a true miracle!

...and how about that poor gal whose safety line failed when she fell at the top of the climbing wall? More poor work on the part of the concession operator. These folks are far too cavalier in their safety inspections and procedures. There is no excuse for these kind of incidents...they were 100% preventable. Both outfits should lose their licenses. nojoke

 

[Dragonrider]

As a pilot, I could never figure why ANYONE would want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane…. :dontknow:

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree: It'd take a bullet through my brain pan to get my fingers pried loose from the face of the person doing the shooting to get me out! :yikes:

 

[NancysToy]

As a pilot, I could never figure why ANYONE would want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane…. :dontknow:

As a skydiver, I never figured why anyone would dare land in one after actually making it off the ground. :roflblack: