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Mark Sutton, Olympic 'James Bond' parachuter, dies at 42 in stunt accident
zap2it ^ | August 15, 2013

Posted on 08/15/2013 4:55:19 PM PDT by SMGFan

Mark Sutton, a stuntman whose biggest claim to fame was being one of the men who parachuted into the London Summer Olympics opening ceremony during its "James Bond" portion, died during a stunt accident in the Swiss Alps. The 42-year-old reportedly jumped in a special wing suit from a helicopter more than 10,800 feet in the air and crashed into a mountain, resulting in his death.

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Death defying stunt , huh? What a shame.
1 posted on 08/15/2013 4:55:19 PM PDT by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

Sometimes I wonder if it would not be better to just use computer generated scenes rather than have stuntmen do some of the more outrageous ones.

No matter how dangerous, they will get someone to try it. In the opening credits of “Smallville” they show Clark Kent being struck by a car and knocked off a bridge. Watching some extra stuff on the CD, the producers say the stuntman really was hit in that filming. I mean it is the real thing shown.


2 posted on 08/15/2013 5:01:01 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: SMGFan

3 posted on 08/15/2013 5:02:39 PM PDT by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)
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To: SMGFan

You stick your neck out long enough and you will get it chopped off.


4 posted on 08/15/2013 5:04:13 PM PDT by Venturer ( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
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To: yarddog

I believe he was wingsuit jumping for his own enjoyment not doing a stunt. All the same, it looks like it would be a blast, but it does catch up with even experienced jumpers eventually.

Jeb Corliss broke his leg badly clipping an outcropping on Table Mountain a few years ago.


5 posted on 08/15/2013 5:07:22 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim

I will have to admit that wingsuit sailing looks fun as all get out.

I figure one day some guy will succeed in landing just using the wingsuit tho maybe it is an impossibility.


6 posted on 08/15/2013 5:10:23 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: Tijeras_Slim; All
Best of Wingsuit 2013 [HD]

Ironically has the song from Skyfall in it.

7 posted on 08/15/2013 5:13:44 PM PDT by gura (If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
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To: SMGFan

Being and doing stupid things have consequences ....


8 posted on 08/15/2013 5:16:02 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (The only growth industries left under Progressives are government and poverty.)
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To: SMGFan

It is a shame, but there are some who live for that kind of thing. It’s the way they are.


10 posted on 08/15/2013 5:22:25 PM 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: RetiredTexasVet

Playing “Chicken” with Mother Earth is seldom a wise move.

Unless, of course, you can do this:

How To Fly
© by Douglas Adams

“There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Pick a nice day, [The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy] suggests, and try it. “


11 posted on 08/15/2013 5:41:19 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
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To: yarddog
I figure one day some guy will succeed in landing just using the wingsuit tho maybe it is an impossibility.

Gary Connery's Wingsuit Landing without using a Parachute
12 posted on 08/15/2013 5:45:05 PM PDT by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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To: Libloather

Some ample & flabby thighs in that photo. libloather.


13 posted on 08/15/2013 5:47:22 PM PDT by jacquej ("It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own." — Ma)
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To: rottndog

Are those cardboard boxes he lands on?

I recall reading that the Russians dropped troops out of a transport into deep snow. The plane was flying low and slow but still pretty amazing.

Oh, I forgot, they did not have a parachute.


14 posted on 08/15/2013 5:53:04 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: yarddog

Some kind of foam filled boxes.

He was in fact wearing a parachute...just in case.


15 posted on 08/15/2013 6:08:11 PM PDT by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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To: yarddog

As I recall the Finns wandered out and shot down the holes they made in the drifts.


16 posted on 08/15/2013 6:29:30 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Red in Blue PA

I get cold chills just looking at those old construction pics!

Don’t know how they could work like that.


17 posted on 08/15/2013 7:10:26 PM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: SMGFan

C’mon, guys, where is your sense of adventure, of expanding the envelope, of daring to go where no man has gone before, of putting your money where your mouth is? All this hen clucking over taking unnecessary risks in life, gimme a break. That’s not what built America, what made her great. If we engineer individuals who shrink from challenges, personal or otherwise, then we engineer in our inevitable winding down to irrelevance. The boy flirted with death, went after the dragon, he has my respect. “Off we go, into the wild blue yonder...”


18 posted on 08/15/2013 8:28:30 PM PDT by Yollopoliuhqui
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