How to Fall 35,000 Feet — And Survive

[Farin]

well , i seriously hope that nobody here will ever need this kind of information, but for all the frequent flyers or those of you who like a good story ( or watched the mythbuster episode about airman Alan Magee ), here´s a good read:

http://www.origin.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4344036.html


and let me add a personal advice: If you ever find yourself stranded in the amazonas jungle with an open wound that´s infested with maggots, do not remove the maggots - they keep the wound clean :mean:
( maggots were actually used during the napoleonic wars to clean wounds )

 

[freakinacage]

and maggots are still occasionally used nowadays

 

[cassar]

is this the one where the girl falls from the plane into the jungle still strapped to her chair and walks out over several maggot infested months by any chance?
they forgot the most important bit of advice, " place your head between your legs and kiss goodbye to your ass"

 

[freakinacage]

it's a pretty cool article though

 

[DannyBoy2k]

Reminds me of a scene in an old game. No One Lives Forever. Basically, your '60s super spy just stole someones parachute on the way down from an airplane. The scene is this poor guy just as he....lands. He smashes straight through the roof of a barn, calling out:

'Please be full of hay. PLEASE be full of hay!!!'