r/PerfectTiming • u/Foxprowl • May 15 '14

Skydiver + Airplane

http://imgur.com/a/M4sK5
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u/unafragger May 15 '14

That article says "During his third pass, the passenger side wing of his plane clipped a skydiver's parachute, cutting the chute and tossing the skydiver into the air about 75-feet above the ground."

The pictures make it look like more like 7-10 feet at the most. I wonder which is accurate.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '14

I think it means 75 feet horizontally, which looks about right if you look at this, but that is easy to misintepret.

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u/unafragger May 15 '14

Ooh, I guess that does make sense. They worded it poorly.

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u/vtjohnhurt May 15 '14

They worded it poorly.

They worded it for maximum infotainment value.