Published August 1st, 2003 by Jim O'Halloran
Skydiving Across English Channel
Heard about this on the news this morning, and the BBC has coverage of the guy why skydived acros the english channel.
He wore only an aerodynamic jumpsuit with a 6-foot (1.8-metre) carbon fin strapped to his back, an oxygen tank from which to breathe, and a parachute to land.
Cool stunt, but I still beleive the main reason they teach pilots to land in one peice is so you don’t have to jump out of the plane.
Craig Says
Outstanding to watch, I hope that he had a passport. The Red Devils Free Fall Team glided across the channel in 1979, they opened their parachutes at about 26,000ft and glided across the channel and landed in France.
They took a much longer time than this chap.
http://red-devils-freefall-team.blogspot.com
Jan 4th, 2007 at 9:35 pm