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Skydiver Jumps Without Parachute

Posted May 24, 2012 by Member 26835147

Mr Gary Connery, a 42-year-old daredevil, plunged from a helicopter in a death-defying, 730-metre jump before landing in an area containing 18,600 cardboard boxes, the Daily Telegraph reported. The father-of-two, a veteran of 880 sky dives, 450 base jumps and dozens of film and television roles, jumped this afternoon to become the first person to jump from such a height and live without deploying a parachute. The entire flight of nearly a mile took less than a minute and was only given the green light because the weather conditions were "perfect". Mr Connery dropped for three seconds before reaching speeds of more than 130kmh in a specially developed wing suit that "started to fly". He landed on a strip measuring about 106 metres by 14m - and at its highest point 4m off the ground - at Temple Island Meadows, on the Buckinghamshire and Berkshire border. http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC120524-0000089/Skydiver-survives-helicopter-jump-without-parachute

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  1. NEWSNOSE41
    NEWSNOSE41 Jun 01, 2012

    Actually there was an RAF tail gunner in World War II who jumped out of a burning bomber at more than 18,000 feet, and lived to tell about it. His parachute was burning along with the airplane and his choice was jump or burn. He landed in snow among trees that broke his fall.

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