This video has been declared a duplicate; transferring votes to the original video and killing this dupe - dupeof declared by demon_ix.

*dupeof=http://www.videosift.com/video/Plane-to-plane-skydive

Thanks, Demon!

In reply to this comment by demon_ix:
Did it for ya

In reply to this comment by Kevlar:
Oops. I done duped rasch. Sorry!

http://www.videosift.com/video/Topless-skydiving-and-washing-machines

Did it for ya

In reply to this comment by Kevlar:
Oops. I done duped rasch. Sorry!

http://www.videosift.com/video/Topless-skydiving-and-washing-machines

This video has been declared a duplicate; transferring votes to the original video and killing this dupe - dupeof declared by demon_ix.

*dupeof=http://www.videosift.com/video/Topless-skydiving-and-washing-machines

Hey Rasch, apparently my gratitude for finally reaching silver was to accidentally dupe one of your old videos. Mind transferring the votes over to you?

http://www.videosift.com/video/Danish-Ad-Depicts-Topless-Skydivers-to-Sell-Washing-Machines

Oops. I done duped rasch. Sorry!

http://www.videosift.com/video/Topless-skydiving-and-washing-machines

Well,

d = vi t + 1/2 a t^2
828 = (0)t + 1/2(9.81)t^2
1656 = 9.81t^2
168.80733945 = t^2
t = 12.992587866

So yes, without drag, it would take about 13 seconds to fall that distance. (http://xkcd.com/669/)

However, BASE jumpers deal with a lot of drag. From http://www.stealingaltitude.com/BASE_JumpingFAQ.htm#13 :

"On average, a normally clothed average-weighted BASE jumper freefalling from a 500 foot building will impact in about 6 seconds. In this scenario most jumpers I knew would take a "delay" of two or three seconds before opening the parachute.

According to BASEjumper.com the current unofficial record is a two minute freefall made by Yuri Kuznetsov in the summer of 2005. He used a wingsuit to achieve this incredible feat, I don't know where the jump was or how high the jump started.

The development of the wingsuit (originally intended for skydiving) in the 1990s brought a freefall revolution in BASE jumping. The wingsuit allows jumpers to make incredibly long freefall descents along sloping mountains and cliffs, soaring like birds of prey, falling at half the normal terminal velocity. For reference, consider this: prior to the wingsuit, jumpers making outlaw leaps off of Half Dome could freefall for just under ten seconds before opening very low, near impact, over the rocky, sloping talos. Today, an experienced wingsuit flyer leaping from Half Dome can soar over 50 seconds, maneuvering over the talos and down mountainside itself until reaching the valley below. NOTE: parachuting in Yosemite National Park is strictly illegal and heavily enforced."

>> ^Yogi:
>> ^Gamble:
Come on, I know SOMEONE wants to ask why the bird falls at the same speed. You're out there, I can feel it.

This is crazy! That bird is made of FEATHERS Shouldn't it be falling very slowly?!?!
Also listen to the voice over at the end, it's like a Scientologist recruiting video.


I know, the narration was almost as fascinating as the video itself. "I am a beautiful, wonderful bird and I feel a great spirit-kindship-friendliness for his humanness!"

>> ^silvercord:
It's called parahawking: http://www.videosift.com/video/Skydiving-With-Hawks-In-Nepal


I'm not sure it is, since you linked to paragliding and hawks and that's not what this is about.

Regardless, I'm curious whether they had the bird follow the plane during the entire climb (tiring), or whether they threw the bird out of a moving aircraft (potentially terrifying).

Also, let's continue this trend with other animals. I nominate Octopuses.

It's called parahawking: http://www.videosift.com/video/Skydiving-With-Hawks-In-Nepal

>> ^Gamble:
Come on, I know SOMEONE wants to ask why the bird falls at the same speed. You're out there, I can feel it.


This is crazy! That bird is made of FEATHERS Shouldn't it be falling very slowly?!?!

Also listen to the voice over at the end, it's like a Scientologist recruiting video.

^ Actually, I was kinda wondering that. One would have thought the terminal velocity of the Falcon folded would be higher than a skydiver spread eagle, but I guess the mass disparity makes up for the surface area difference.

>> ^robbersdog49:
I think these guys have been great, but they just crossed a line. Really not sure how to describe it, but I think really convincing someone they're going to die, that's a line right there.


Dude, they've both crossed the line like 4 episodes ago. The latest 2 pranks are not bad compared to the shit they pulled before.