Therefore, although we can confidently recommend that individuals jumping from small stationary aircraft on the ground do not require parachutes, individual judgment should be exercised when applying these findings at higher altitudes.
Fatality risk and parachute use - BMJ
Fatality risk and parachute use - BMJ
Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial.
Re: Fatality risk and parachute use - BMJ
Only one possible answer to that:
Have they considered this outcome?♪♫ He jumped from 40000 feet without a parachute, ♪♫
He jumped from 40000 feet without a parachute,
He jumped from 40000 feet without a parachute,
And he ain't gonna jump no more!
(refrain)
Glory, glory, what a horrible way to die!
Glory, glory, what a horrible way to die!
Glory, glory, what a horrible way to die!
And he ain't gonna jump no more!
They scraped him off the tarmac like a dollop of strawberry jam,
They scraped him off the tarmac like a dollop of strawberry jam,
They scraped him off the tarmac like a dollop of strawberry jam,
And he ain't gonna jump no more!
(refrain)
They slipped him in an envelope and sent him to his Ma,
They slipped him in an envelope and sent him to his Ma,
They slipped him in an envelope and sent him to his Ma,
And he ain't gonna jump no more!
(refrain)
She put him on the mantelpiece next to his dear papa,
She put him on the mantelpiece next to his dear papa,
She put him on the mantelpiece next to his dear papa,
And he ain't gonna jump no more!
(refrain)
She put him on the table when the Vicar came to tea,
She put him on the table when the Vicar came to tea,
She put him on the table when the Vicar came to tea,
And he ain't gonna jump no more!
(refrain)
The Vicar helped himself to some and said, "what lovely jam",
The Vicar helped himself to some and said, "what lovely jam",
The Vicar helped himself to some and said, "what lovely jam",
And he ain't gonna jump no more!
(refrain)
Suppose that this room is a lift. The support breaks and down we go with ever-increasing velocity.
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
Re: Fatality risk and parachute use - BMJ
I do like down to earth statistical report with no strings attached by down to earth people not air heads.
The older I get the more I’m inclined to act my shoe size, not my age.
Re: Fatality risk and parachute use - BMJ
peetee wrote:I do like down to earth statistical report with no strings attached by down to earth people not air heads.
It comes under the umbrella of true statistics.
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"All we are not stares back at what we are"
W H Auden
"All we are not stares back at what we are"
W H Auden