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Oops, I thought you fastened the harness??
1 posted on 05/03/2012 10:47:19 AM PDT by PilotDave
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To: PilotDave

I believe she is due a partial refund.


2 posted on 05/03/2012 10:52:47 AM PDT by Autonomous User ( I guess a liberal and an out-of-work bum look a lot a like, daddy.)
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To: PilotDave

I guess one could say she is a fallen woman.


3 posted on 05/03/2012 10:55:56 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: PilotDave

More info here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/04/29/hang-gliding-death_n_1463255.html


4 posted on 05/03/2012 10:59:11 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: PilotDave

You get can’t get more hang than hanging from a shoe.


5 posted on 05/03/2012 11:01:41 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: PilotDave

April 28th, Tillamook, Experienced sky diver, Matt A. Gold from salt Lake City, fell to his death when his parachute failed to deploy. Jumped from a paramotor at 1500ft.


6 posted on 05/03/2012 11:01:44 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: PilotDave

As soon as she saw the warranty, she would have worried.

7 posted on 05/03/2012 11:04:35 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Can we afford as much government as welfare-addicted voters demand?)
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To: PilotDave

Dying from a fall like that has to be one of the worst ways to die, assuming that you’re actually conscious while falling. To know that near-certain death is imminent, with few ways to avoid it, and to watch as the ground rises to meet your speeding body...does anyone know if people black out under such circumstances, or what other perceptions they feel?


8 posted on 05/03/2012 11:27:48 AM PDT by Lou L (The Senate without a filibuster is just a 100-member version of the House.)
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To: PilotDave

The tandem pilot will never live this down, and will probably be sued into oblivion. But, it was his fault, he apparently did not pre flight her harness to make sure her legs were in the loops.

I have heard of tandem skydiving passengers also falling out of their harness. What a horrible way to go.


9 posted on 05/03/2012 11:29:01 AM PDT by HerrBlucher
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To: PilotDave

How do you slip out of that harness?


12 posted on 05/03/2012 11:51:38 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: PilotDave

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16220333

More info here.


13 posted on 05/03/2012 11:55:00 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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