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Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Re: Wacko weird bungee buddies and babes ( forgive me but it rhymes )
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Date: 2 Feb 91 13:52:01 GMT
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Reply-to: Bill.Caefer@p0.f853.n102.z1.fidonet.org (Bill Caefer)
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 > .edu (David Rahfeldt) writes:
 > >
 > >I am looking for others who would like LONG cord jumps
 > for fun from
 > >moving aircraft... if we get enough people we will get 

 > >transport type bird and bungee people out from altitude....
 > >
 > >guess is for 100 metre cords...
 > >and about 20 minutes to good bungee thrill beneath bird
 >
 > Speaking as a pilot and jumper, this sounds like a really
 > bad idea to me.

 
Me too.  Do you have any idea how fast you will go at the bottom of 
a 100 meter fall?  My guess is that it would be like maybe a 500 meter 
fall from a bridge or something.  Way too fast.  Somewhere over 60 
MPH at least.  Remember that the plane is going 100 miles an hour, 
maybe more (you did say  transport plane?)
 
Are you planning to let one person at a time do this?  I didn't think 
so.  What do you suppose it feels like to slam into someone at 80 
MPH?  Not to good I imagine.
 
I don't think you've thought this through. 

 > (On the other hand, if you figure out ways to control EVERYTHING,
 > and have
 > the approval of the FAA (or at least something that says
 > they aren't going
 > to hang your pilot), it does sound like it could be fun.)
 >
 > pvf
Yes, I'll try anything also. <grin>
Something along this idea but in a more reasonable way would be lots 
of fun.
bc

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