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From: ds4a@dalton.acc.Virginia.EDU (Dale Southard)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Re: bungee jump from plane
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Date: 4 Mar 91 05:08:35 GMT
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Reply to message <2642.27D18611@ehsnet.fidonet.org> (Dave Appel):

>Wait a minute. Why don't we write to a stuntman like
>BJ Worth and ask him what his gut-feel would be for the
>forces involved?

Yeh, but a REAL skydiver would have jumped the "pit 'o' death" from
a C-182, only a wimp would use a chopper.  (I can see it now --
"Just one more go-around -- I'll leave this time for sure.")

;-)

(If you have never watched what passes as entertainment on the Fox network,
you won't get it).



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