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Offline hawk220

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« on: November 04, 2002, 09:29:05 AM »
Paratrooper Survives Chute Failure at 3,300 Feet
 
 


Nov 4, 8:57 am ET

BELGRADE (Reuters) - A Yugoslav Army paratrooper survived a drop from an altitude of 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) after both his parachutes malfunctioned, the Belgrade daily Glas Javnosti reported on Friday.
The paper said 40-year-old Dragan Curcic escaped with minor cuts and bruises after his main and spare parachutes first failed to open and then became tangled when they opened simultaneously during an exercise on Tuesday.

"He went through the roof of an army building. Only God himself saved him from certain death," an eyewitness said.

Curcic, a Yugoslav vice-champion with more than 3,000 jumps to his name, performed another parachute drop on Thursday, this time without problems.

Another Yugoslav holds the record for surviving a fall from the greatest altitude without a parachute. Air hostess Vesna Vulovic plunged 33,330 feet into a snowbound forest in Czechoslovakia in 1972 when the airliner she was on exploded.
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« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2002, 11:41:15 AM »
So how tall is he now?  :D
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« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2002, 11:47:14 AM »
Nevermind him...that airline hostess fell from over 30,000 feet?  Ay carumba!:eek:
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« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2002, 12:07:00 PM »
She was trapped in the tail section and it fluttered down slowly enough to save her.
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« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2002, 12:33:47 PM »
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She was trapped in the tail section and it fluttered down slowly enough to save her.


Still...must've been one hell of a ride down.  Remember the scene in the movie Memphis Bell when the co-pilot shot down the German plane which subsequently crashed into the rookies?   Hearing the radio operator on the rookie B-17 screaming for help was pretty scary stuff...imagine what this woman must have sounded like?
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« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2002, 05:40:29 PM »
She suffered a head injury and doesn't remember the ride down.  She had a skull fracture and was in a coma for a while.  She was paralyzed after coming out of the coma but she made a full recovery.  She's pretty famous in Yugoslavia, I bet there are some articles out there on the web about her.
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« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2002, 05:51:31 PM »
We bombed that flight....  :D
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« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2002, 05:59:38 PM »
A partially developed chute might slow you down enough to save your life.

If you do some searching, you'll find numerous occasions when this has happened to skydivers.

Example: horseshoe malfunction. Primary gets tangled in something, say your foot, and is wrapped around your arms or neck. You cut away, but it's still hanging on. Secondary is released, bu straight into the primary. You're now officially diddlyed.

All you can do is hope they'll slow you down enough.
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« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2002, 05:59:59 PM »
You dating her now or something funkedup?
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« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2002, 06:01:01 PM »
No, she was in the Guinness book of world records which I had practically memorized around 1980 or so.  :)
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« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2002, 06:03:38 PM »
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No, she was in the Guinness book of world records which I had practically memorized around 1980 or so.  :)


lol..okay...you sure seem to know alot about her:D
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« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2002, 06:55:20 PM »
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No, she was in the Guinness book of world records which I had practically memorized around 1980 or so.  :)


OMFG ... LOL

i had the 1983 book worn out and had to get a replacement cause i did the same thing LMFAO :D

heaviest man: Robert Earl Hughes .. 967lbs

most cigarets @ 1 time: 227 (or something like that)

LOL i still know half that usless chit.
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« Reply #12 on: November 04, 2002, 09:08:40 PM »
Lancaster tail gunner jumped with no parachute at 20,000 feet and survived fall.  He broke his pelvis though.  I think terminal velocity is about 120mph for a free falling human.
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« Reply #13 on: November 04, 2002, 09:17:42 PM »
hmm.....cars are going about 70 on the highway right? wouldnt it hurt if you were hit by a semi at 70?
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« Reply #14 on: November 04, 2002, 09:41:17 PM »
No
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