That second sky diving accident has to be faked. If it's not then...still an owie but better than the alternative.
I remember a video of a stunt man hanging on the undercarriage of a small plane, no chute. When he lost his grip, just a curse word grunted out, no scream. I also don't remember hearing about screams from the jumpers at the World Trade Center and that was about a 10 second fall. I think unless I was working on something like a fouled chute, I would be screaming.
Heck, I've jumped out of a perfectly good airplane twice and had to consciously suppress a scream. Seriously, the scariest thing I have ever done by choice, glad I hit the men's room before take off
. On the tandem jump, the little gal that I was attached to pretty much shamed me out of the plane by name calling and cursing lol. BTW, once the chute opens, it's one of the best feelings in the world...but I won't be doing it again. I love getting tossed around the sky in a small aircraft and have no fear there, just not that parachute thing.
Thanks for the videos even though they gave me the willies. I'm guessing I am going to have a few of those "falling" dreams over the next few nights so, ah, thanks for that...
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