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Re: [OM] OT: Wingsuits

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Wingsuits
From: Bill Pearce <billpearce@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 13:19:17 -0500 (EST)
I was not responsible for getting it on the ground, just taking photos, so I 
was flying with the experimental test pilots, who were to a man masters. Oddly, 
most of them were, here in the ugly part of the midwest, from Canada. Canada 
seems to train great pilots. But I did tell one that if something fatal were to 
develop, I would not hesitate to use the alleged egress window on the pilots 
side and the crash investigators would find my footprints on his corpse. 

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From: "ChrisB" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 7:08:32 AM 
Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Wingsuits 

Indeed, Bill. I wear a parachute whenever I go flying, normally twice a week. 
But even if something were to go wrong with my engine I’d far to prefer to take 
my chances with a landing in a field somewhere. 

Chris 

> On 30 Nov 2017, at 01:35, Bill Pearce <billpearce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> 
> Although when I worked for the airplane factory I had to wear a parachute 
> when flying, I knew it would have to be bad for me to jump out of an 
> airplane. Certainly not out of a perfectly good one. 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
> From: "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Olympus Camera 
> Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 4:44:32 PM 
> Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Wingsuits 
> 
> Insanely stupid. 
> 
>> 
>> Can it not be both? 
>> 
>>> Insane or stupid . . . 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I used to wonder about the sanity of people jumping out of good 
>>>> airplanes, and now there's this: 
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-42167619/wingsuit-flyers-jump-from-a-mountain-into-a-plane
>>>>  
>>> 
>>>> Not me. Never! 
>>> 
>> 
> 
> Chris 
> 
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro 
> - Hunter S. Thompson 
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