wu :: forums « wu :: forums - Jumping from a plane » Welcome, Guest. Please Login or Register. Apr 25th, 2024, 5:37pm

RIDDLES SITE WRITE MATH! Home Help Search Members Login Register

wu :: forums    riddles    what happened (Moderators: ThudnBlunder, Grimbal, SMQ, Icarus, Eigenray, william wu, towr)    Jumping from a plane « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: Jumping from a plane  (Read 680 times) maryl Guest Jumping from a plane   « on: Jun 27th, 2003, 4:11pm » Quote Modify Remove Shortly after jumping from an aircraft at 5000 or so feet, a man deploys his parachute. When he looks up he sees a rather large hole in his parachute. Nonetheless he lands safely without   assistance and without using his reserve chute. Why did he survive? IP Logged harpanet Junior Member     Posts: 109 Re: Jumping from a plane   « Reply #1 on: Jun 28th, 2003, 1:36pm » Quote Modify He survived because the hole was part of the parachute design. The holes in modern parachutes are a stabilization feature. IP Logged maryl Guest Re: Jumping from a plane   « Reply #2 on: Jun 28th, 2003, 2:27pm » Quote Modify Remove ......."GERONIMO"....... IP Logged Chewdog Newbie     Gender: Posts: 50 Re: Jumping from a plane   « Reply #3 on: Jul 10th, 2003, 4:10pm » Quote Modify Was this "hole" a shock to our friend? IP Logged maryl Guest Re: Jumping from a plane   « Reply #4 on: Jul 11th, 2003, 10:36am » Quote Modify Remove No the hole was not a shock. Harp had the answer above. IP Logged aero_guy Senior Riddler     Gender: Posts: 513 Re: Jumping from a plane   « Reply #5 on: Jul 16th, 2003, 11:05am » Quote Modify Though I realize it is solved, another good answer would be that he was on the ground, 5000 ft above sea level and inspecting his parachute. IP Logged Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------  - easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i => what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

Powered by YaBB 1 Gold - SP 1.4!
Forum software copyright © 2000-2004 Yet another Bulletin Board