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Mythbuster Skydiving episode 04/13/11

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Tonight at 9:00 on the Discovery Channel. It's the first airing of the episode filmed at Bay Area Skydiving in Byron last year. We spent the day throwing fifty pound blocks of ice out of the plane, and I spent the day strapped to Kari Byron. It's a tough job sometimes.

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Tonight at 9:00 on the Discovery Channel. It's the first airing of the episode filmed at Bay Area Skydiving in Byron last year. We spent the day throwing fifty pound blocks of ice out of the plane, and I spent the day strapped to Kari Byron. It's a tough job sometimes.



No jumping?
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Tonight at 9:00 on the Discovery Channel. It's the first airing of the episode filmed at Bay Area Skydiving in Byron last year. We spent the day throwing fifty pound blocks of ice out of the plane, and I spent the day strapped to Kari Byron. It's a tough job sometimes.



No jumping?

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Tonight at 9:00 on the Discovery Channel. It's the first airing of the episode filmed at Bay Area Skydiving in Byron last year. We spent the day throwing fifty pound blocks of ice out of the plane, and I spent the day strapped to Kari Byron. It's a tough job sometimes.



This is the "Blue Ice" episode I guess?

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Tonight at 9:00 on the Discovery Channel. It's the first airing of the episode filmed at Bay Area Skydiving in Byron last year. We spent the day throwing fifty pound blocks of ice out of the plane, and I spent the day strapped to Kari Byron. It's a tough job sometimes.



What was the "myth" to be tested? To see if freefall air produced enough friction and heat to melt the ice???

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What was the "myth" to be tested? To see if freefall air produced enough friction and heat to melt the ice???



It's about the myth of blue ice from airplane toilets escaping, freezing, and making it to the ground to cause damage...

I won't spoil the ending for you ;)

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So, just out of curiosity, why is she wearing what looks like a student rig, over the tandem harness?
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Fair to guess it wasn't tested at proper altitude?
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They determined the ice block would fall off at ~12k... just so happens... ;)
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Myth Confirmed. Awesome.


My new goal is to be a TI.;)



And give your student a gopro.



I swear... cute girls get it all!!>:(
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So, just out of curiosity, why is she wearing what looks like a student rig, over the tandem harness?



Theory: They wanted footage of her sitting near the open door by herself, before she was hooked up to the tandem master. So she needed her own rig for safety in case she fell out. And then once that task was done and the door closed, they removed the student rig and hooked her up to the tandem master for her jump.

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So, just out of curiosity, why is she wearing what looks like a student rig, over the tandem harness?



+1 I didn't understand the rational behind that at all either

Here is a pic of what we are both asking about for all of those who didn't get a chance to watch it ;)
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So, just out of curiosity, why is she wearing what looks like a student rig, over the tandem harness?



Theory: They wanted footage of her sitting near the open door by herself, before she was hooked up to the tandem master. So she needed her own rig for safety in case she fell out. And then once that task was done and the door closed, they removed the student rig and hooked her up to the tandem master for her jump.



thanks for the answer my roommates and i were asking that exact question.

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So, just out of curiosity, why is she wearing what looks like a student rig, over the tandem harness?



Theory: They wanted footage of her sitting near the open door by herself, before she was hooked up to the tandem master. So she needed her own rig for safety in case she fell out. And then once that task was done and the door closed, they removed the student rig and hooked her up to the tandem master for her jump.


That is not a student rig. There are no 3 rings. It is a pilot rig.

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So, just out of curiosity, why is she wearing what looks like a student rig, over the tandem harness?



Theory: They wanted footage of her sitting near the open door by herself, before she was hooked up to the tandem master. So she needed her own rig for safety in case she fell out. And then once that task was done and the door closed, they removed the student rig and hooked her up to the tandem master for her jump.


That is not a student rig. There are no 3 rings. It is a pilot rig.



The one she wore in the show most definatly was a Wings skydiving rig, the one in the picture posted above was a different show, where she was wearing a PEP
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So, just out of curiosity, why is she wearing what looks like a student rig, over the tandem harness?



Theory: They wanted footage of her sitting near the open door by herself, before she was hooked up to the tandem master. So she needed her own rig for safety in case she fell out. And then once that task was done and the door closed, they removed the student rig and hooked her up to the tandem master for her jump.


I was going to answer this, but John did it for me. Well done sir ! B|

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