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87 year old pilot hits skydiver

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saskskier
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Both were sent to the hospital, but seem to be okay. The skydiver was so close to landing...


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Mar 9 2014 2:57PM
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steep
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holy shit... thats crazy.
Mar 9 2014 3:16PM
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corona
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that sucks.

Reporter also does not know how to measure.


" the wing of his plane became entangled in the strings of 49-year-old Gainesville skydiver John Frost's parachute about 75 feet above the ground"


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Mar 9 2014 3:18PM
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howlongcanausern
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ww2 vet and still flying what a boss
Mar 9 2014 3:53PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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call me crazy, but couldn't the skydiver find a better place to land than in the middle of a fucking runway?
Mar 9 2014 4:02PM
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Ribss.
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I was thinking the same thing. Not the pilots fault at all.
Mar 9 2014 4:58PM
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yangumane
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that's where you're supposed to land, my guess is it's the air traffic controller's fault
Mar 9 2014 5:03PM
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Ribss.
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Totally wrong. Have you ever jumped out of an airplane before? At the very least in the region I'm from there are designated landing areas that aren't on the fucking runway. No human should ever be on foot on an active runway.
Mar 9 2014 5:41PM
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PacificRimJob
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1. Runways are made of grass now? How the fuck do you even know what/where the runway is?

2. HOLY SHIT THAT PLANE GOT THROWN!
Mar 9 2014 5:45PM
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treebeard
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small airports are. at least on the east, its fairly obvious where the airstrip is when you see forest everywhere then a long strip of flat green in the middle
Mar 9 2014 5:50PM
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PacificRimJob
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I guess I also don't really think of florida as a place that's particularly thick with forest, either...


Mar 9 2014 6:11PM
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Ribss.
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I think hes referring to brush and everglades as "Forest" but farther north there are examples of what he is talking about. Even over here in cali a lot of the small airstrips are made of grass up in the mountains. As long as it's flat a small aircraft can land on it. The right aircraft can land pretty much anywhere - see the video.

Mar 9 2014 6:23PM
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DIX~
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Definitely the skydivers fault man
Mar 9 2014 6:34PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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it doesn't look like the runway is made of grass. if you look in this picture, you can see what looks like a paved strip just beyond where the aircraft its. look at the base of the telephone pole on the far right and then just follow it left.
Mar 9 2014 6:48PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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shit, this is actually the pic i meant to post, but you can see it in both.
Mar 9 2014 6:51PM
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Ribss.
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That is a road. Definitely a grass airstrip.

Just look at this little airstrip, wouldn't be surprised if it's the one in question.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Airstrip/@30.3388051,-83.1428956,574m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x88eec272ae08d701:0x75cc302c236b1385
Mar 9 2014 6:56PM
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Ribss.
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Actually it IS this airstrip

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Airport:+South+Lakeland/@27.9312916,-82.0422731,529m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x88dd308106de0a05:0xd93f5abd765e6bc1

Grass with roads on the side.
Mar 9 2014 6:57PM
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Willgum
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That's incredible, must feel like the ultimate freedom to land wherever you want in a plane like that
Mar 9 2014 7:04PM
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saskskier
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I imagine both share some responsibility in the accident. Perhaps the skydiver didn't land where he was supposed to, but:
a) shouldn't the pilot have been notified there were people skydiving in the area and taken extra precautions?
b) surely the pilot should have seen the skydiver while approaching the runway/grass strip/field/whatever and pulled up? He didn't exactly come out of nowhere or was difficult to see.

(I am neither a skydiver nor a pilot and have no idea if either of these are reasonable expectations)
Mar 9 2014 7:08PM
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saskskier
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Absolutely insane. Bush pilots have to be some of the craziest/best pilots out there.
Mar 9 2014 7:13PM
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yangumane
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that's a grass runway, it's not like it would have been easy to tell where it was
Mar 9 2014 7:36PM
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El_Barto.
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I navigate and land safely in your moms bush on the reg
Mar 9 2014 7:41PM
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Ribss.
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You clearly have no clue what you are talking about. Go away.
Mar 9 2014 7:53PM
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yangumane
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Anyone have further information on their injuries?
Mar 9 2014 8:08PM
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theabortionator
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I was expecting a skydiver just falling into a plane up a couple thousand feet. This is still fucking nuts though. Lucky they're both alive. That's some sketchy shit.


To the kid that made the thread about being a better story teller. Do more shit like this and you're golden.
Mar 9 2014 8:10PM
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E__
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Link to the gif:

Mar 9 2014 8:32PM
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CrotchKiller
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please leave
Mar 9 2014 8:34PM
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Ribss.
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See, now thats fucking cool.
Mar 9 2014 8:42PM
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Rusticles
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Every time I've skydived I've landed on the runway?
Mar 9 2014 9:39PM
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saskskier
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This was pretty darn close...


Mar 9 2014 9:45PM
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saskskier
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This one's better. No news story, just helmet cam footage.


Mar 9 2014 9:49PM
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Ribss.
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That is one of the craziest things I have ever seen, holy shit.

And to the guy that said he lands on the runway when he skydives, are you sure you aren't landing next to the runway? Theres a difference between landing off to the side and crossing paths with an active airstrip.
Mar 9 2014 11:52PM
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Rusticles
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Yeah now that I think about it, it is off to the side. Fuck did that plane get twisted quick
Mar 10 2014 12:17AM
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Rusticles
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Yeah now that I think about it, it is off to the side. Fuck did that plane get twisted quick
Mar 10 2014 12:19AM
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Blurst
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go fuck yourself.
Mar 10 2014 12:24AM
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El_Barto.
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awwww...look how upset you are
Mar 10 2014 12:28AM
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NinetyFour
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Did you intentionally hyperlink www...look or did it auto hyper link?
Mar 10 2014 12:32AM
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Blurst
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7500 of your 8000 posts have been shitty mom jokes. You offer nothing to this forum and in all likelihood dont even ski and I cant even express to you how upset I am right now.
Mar 10 2014 12:34AM
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NinetyFour
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Woah, it auto hyperlinked with the fancy GUI off.

Here's an embed of the GIF that Yevan posted:

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Hopefully that works as well as www...look does.
Mar 10 2014 12:37AM
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El_Barto.
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thank for the tip. I will highly consider what you said during my future postings. I appreciate your criticism and will use it to better myself. I hope one day to be a respected and contributing member of NSG much like yourself. In the mean time i would appreciate it if you would sit on a dick much like your whore mom
Mar 10 2014 12:38AM
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E__
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Too big, reason why I linked it :)
Mar 10 2014 1:45AM
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NinetyFour
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It's ironic because I almost had it.
Mar 10 2014 8:00AM
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slav_slayer
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Just goes to show how light the planes construction is, that it is flung around just by the parachute.
Mar 10 2014 8:15AM
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.Hugo.
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Haven't you ever seen Jurassic park?
Mar 10 2014 8:28AM
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