Skydiver becomes first person to jump and land without chute

[mental]

I don't know how many died jumping out of planes, do you, I would say most people that jump out of a plane without a parachute would die.

Innocent bystanders perish as a result of accidents at show-off daredevil routines all the time, Airshows, races, stunt shows, etc., everything from professional shows, amateur daredevils to some idiot trying to copy something they had seen.

Air shows are more than just formation flying, Their is intense training for military pilots such as the blue angels to be the best of the best, Training and testing of what the planes and pilots can or can not do is non stop and the Pilots push their self & their aircraft to the limits & beyond constantly in training, Many of them have died doing so.
Training & testing go on long after becoming a pilot or the test pilot stage of approving an aircraft.

[alexora]

Originally Posted by mental

I don't know how many died jumping out of planes, do you, I would say most people that jump out of a plane without a parachute would die.

Innocent bystanders perish as a result of accidents at show-off daredevil routines all the time, Airshows, races, stunt shows, etc., everything from professional shows, amateur daredevils to some idiot trying to copy something they had seen.

Air shows are more than just formation flying, Their is intense training for military pilots such as the blue angels to be the best of the best, Training and testing of what the planes and pilots can or can not do is non stop and the Pilots push their self & their aircraft to the limits & beyond constantly in training, Many of them have died doing so.
Training & testing go on long after becoming a pilot or the test pilot stage of approving an aircraft.

It is not the role of military acrobatic teams to evaluate and test aircraft: it is an entertainment show that has resulted in many deaths among pilots and spectators on the ground.

To single out a brave individual parachutist who at not point placed into jeopardy any life other than his own, while at the same time attempting to justify insane air stunts performed by jet pilots right above spectators just because they happen to belong to the military is contrary to logic.

[mental]

It not the role of a race car driver to evaluate and test cars either, but that does not mean the car companies don't use the info obtained from the car & driver to improve their vehicles.

Who knows the parachuttist could have landed on a bus full of people causing it to crash, Nothing is without risk.

By the way i did not try to justify the air shows, I said they were not necessary & a waste of money.

[jaydogbones]

I wouldn't think that a 100-by-100-foot mat would be large enough to catch ... his BALLS