Ever been sky diving?

[skyking]

cool link about freefall speeds, records.
On a more serious note.
Kittinger came very close to reaching the speed of sound on his record breaking free-fall. He also trashed his body in the process.

 

[kermalou]

look at this thread

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=38&threadid=1676540

 

[BuckNaked]

Earned my jump wings (Airborne School) in '83... I hate heights, so it wasn't the easiest thing for me to do... I really hated jumping at night...

 

[kermalou]

Originally posted by: masterxfob
i'd love to go, but i won't go alone. i'm still trying to convince one of my friends or gf to go with me

that is how i was, I finally found a friend who wanted to go.

 

[kermalou]

Originally posted by: mrchan
It's boring. It's fun for about 15 seconds, then it's like "I'm still falling?". Not as thrilling as you would expect. I think part of it is that you are so far up, it's sureal. Yes you're falling, but the ground doesn't seem like it's getting closer. Very disappointing to me. Would I do it if I had never done it? Yes. Would I do it again? No thanks.

ding ding ding ding

we have a winnar

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: Ryan
AgaBoogaBoo wants too, he's said

This is true, I'd like to sometime in the near future.