Skydiver becomes first person to jump and land without chute

[Grumble]

Originally Posted by Justshare

I started reading and thought he's crazy guy, doing anything for adrenaline rush. Then I saw he have 4yo kid, and realized he's an idiot.

Yeah, its a pretty dick move when you think about it.

[pelham456]

THIS guy scares me more:

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[alexora]

Originally Posted by Justshare

I started reading and thought he's crazy guy, doing anything for adrenaline rush. Then I saw he have 4yo kid, and realized he's an idiot.

Same would have apply to any person in the military who has children, when being deployed to a combat zone.

Yet people don't go up to them saying: "You're an idiot" - they say:"thank you for your service"...

[mental]

This guy would be a daredevil like Evel Knievel risking his life for the adrenaline thrill & fame but not something important or necessary, I would not classify him the same as a soldier serving & protecting their country.

[xlr8tx]

Originally Posted by alexora

Same would have apply to any person in the military who has children, when being deployed to a combat zone.

Yet people don't go up to them saying: "You're an idiot" - they say:"thank you for your service"...

That you would equate a daredevil doing a stunt to a soldier going into combat is inane.

I know you think you sound smart when you post things like that but assuredly you do not. Quite the opposite actually.

On top of that, you waited five years to drop that turd? Yikes.

[xlr8tx]

Originally Posted by mental

This guy would be a daredevil like Evel Knievel risking his life for the adrenaline thrill & fame but not something important or necessary, I would not classify him the same as a soldier serving & protecting their country.

Agreed.

[maxhitman]

That guy was NOT the first to jump out of an airplane and survive.
He JUST DID IT to show off and become "famous".

Others have also done the same thing before and from a higher altitude
and SURVIVED.
But they did it out of survival and not for "fame".

Here is one case in point...
The WW2 RAF Pilot Who Survived an 18,000 Feet Freefall Without a Parachute

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here is another from WW2...
The B-17 Gunner Who Fell 20,000 Feet with No Parachute (And Lived) - A True Story

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[alexora]

Originally Posted by mental

This guy would be a daredevil like Evel Knievel risking his life for the adrenaline thrill & fame but not something important or necessary, I would not classify him the same as a soldier serving & protecting their country.

Same would apply to jet pilots flying in military acrobatic teams: they are not protecting their county...

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[mental]

Well, The military considers it training to sharpen their combat skills & to test the limits of the pilots & aircraft and as a way for the military to brag to the enemy, Look our planes & pilots are better than yours, they can be Fun to watch but your right that would just be classified as daredevil, the air shows themselves are not necessary, just a huge waste of money and sometimes as your video shows an unnecessary tragic loss of life.

[alexora]

Originally Posted by mental

Well, The military considers it training to sharpen their combat skills & to test the limits of the pilots & aircraft and as a way for the military to brag to the enemy, Look our planes & pilots are better than yours, they can be Fun to watch but your right that would just be classified as daredevil, the air shows themselves are not necessary, just a huge waste of money and sometimes as your video shows an unnecessary tragic loss of life.

OK: so tell us how many people have died, in total, as result of voluntary/elective no-parachute jumps, and how many innocent bystanders perished as a result of show-off daredevil routines.

BTW: the military does not use formation flying as a means to determine an aircraft limits - there is a completely different procedure for that: it takes place before the aircraft is accepted into service following evaluations that make use of test pilots, not formation flyers.

Combat skills are sharpened by programs such as Top Gun (and others for each branch of service), and entertainment based formation flying is not part of their drill.