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Chizazz

Skydiving on the Discovery Channel

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Oooooh, there's a show about skydiving on the Discovery Channel right now. It's about Greg jumping out of a plane and getting in a new one. I've seen it on dvd before but still. hey-o!

edited for: Ahhh, it's on this Stunt Junkies show. hey-o!

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fucker made it look easy didnt he?



You put a drogue on a plane and make it fall an even 110MPH and I will fly relative with it too... ;) Just kidding, he made it look so easy that it must have been hard... I was upset that he did not do it the first time when he was in the sit. Sit flying into the plane would have been real impressive...

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fucker made it look easy didnt he?



You put a drogue on a plane and make it fall an even 110MPH and I will fly relative with it too... ;) Just kidding, he made it look so easy that it must have been hard... I was upset that he did not do it the first time when he was in the sit. Sit flying into the plane would have been real impressive...



I think could have made it in the first attempt, but it's TV, so you have to make "exciting!"
I also think that when most whuffos think of skydiving they think rw and big-ways, hence flat is probably better
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really pretty cool , but thats not the first time it,s been done . i saw it the first time i think on thats incredible, stuntman dar robinson did it a few years ago



You`re right. Its not a new stunt. In fact, Greg had done it before too (after dar). Discovery wanted something done for them.
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Wondering why there was no mention that 3 people on the episode had in fact done this before. Greg, Omar and Troy.



Because then Discovery Channel couldn't hype it as much. It wouldn't be nearly as cool if they told you, flat out "Oh, these guys have already done it before, we're just having them do it again." Instead, there's the implied tension of "will they or won't they be able to carry out this stunt?"

I liked the program. :)
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Dont forget he has Prop to deal with should he overshoot wing. Also hitting a plane in freefall wouldn't be much fun, people hurt enough. Not to mention damaging the plane. I think having the plane in a comfortable relative speed was the goal, regardless of orientation

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