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So many faked (and very well-done) videos out there, I find this hard to believe.
 
Most of these guys are dare-devils, and these guys are nuts!!! :wink-new:
 
I remember visiting Murren, Switzerland and riding on a gondola with about 5 base-jumpers. I wonder how many of them are still alive.
 
I give those guys all the credit they deserve for conquering the difficulty factor involved in this maneuver, but less not forget to give the pilot credit due for for the precise flying of the aircraft, excellent job! :encouragement: PJ
 
I don't know Paul.... not sure the pilots used good judgment. If a 150-200 pound object (base jumper) slammed into a control surface like tail or wing it would be all over for the plane.
 
Gliderman8 said:
I don't know Paul.... not sure the pilots used good judgment. If a 150-200 pound object (base jumper) slammed into a control surface like tail or wing it would be all over for the plane.
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Not to mention all over for the base jumper.
 
Basil said:
Not to mention all over for the base jumper.
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Base jumper's survival odds went down multiple times when their last foot left the mountain.
 
LOL, I agree Elliot if anything went wrong we'd be looking at a big mess lower down but my way of looking at it is, they all have some brain cells disorganized or missing, as a pilot, no way I would have attempted something like that, but it all came out well due to a ton of planning, experienced base jumpers and good pilots. There are always going to be those who test the outer limits, some survive, some don't! :rolleyes2: I flew crop dusters for a few years, full gross a few inches off the ground, when I was young and dumb. But I survived! :highly_amused: PJ
 
Exciting to watch but totally nuts. They all need to be locked away in a rubber room. Just not the one reserved for me.:wink-new:
 
To funny on the near miss shots I’m
reminded of those sumo wrestlers
‘those guys must be back and blue head to toe
 
Paul said:
I flew crop dusters for a few years, full gross a few inches off the ground, when I was young and dumb. But I survived! :highly_amused: PJ
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Surviving youthful exuberance (or absolute stupidity) was somewhat encouraging:

Once was "baggage" in an Otter, landing on a dirt strip going UPHILL in a far away place... High pucker country! Was much more relaxed on the downhill takeoff. I think hammerhead stalls over Lake Erie as a teenager, in a Cessna 150 with the stall buzzer singin' was good "conditioning" for what was later an Air Force job. That I volunteered for that hop still makes me scratch my head. A fellow USAF photog volunteered to go to DaNang, T.D.Y. with weeks to go before his rotation back to "The World" and went on the S.A.R. mission to rescue BAT-21. Aboard the first Jolly Green HH-53 shot down. His remains weren't "repatriated" until a few years ago. Jimmy Alley. Only one of those I knew who are on the Wall.



 
Some folks would say I've done some crazy things with an aircraft at times, but practice, training and skill will put one on the side of success 99% of the time. With all of that and no accidents, the FAA gave me this, making me a member of a very short list of pilots. Anyone who knows the FAA knows they don't give away awards freely. Here's mine.

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Remarkable, Paul! Congrats! :thumbsup:
 
Paul - that is *excellent*. Bravo. Wow, 50 years of flight safety.

Well done!

(And to think, my cfi used to say a little prayer every time he got in the 152 with me.)

Tom M.
 
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