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mleku | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 just like it's safer in a commercial passenger plane than in a car, i'd bet it's a rare event

if i was a skydiver i'd have the backup AND a flightsuit in case both fail, in case i happen to have the possibility to head to a body of water at a low angle
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sperry | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 flight suits didn't exist in 1990, but I've got another friend from Alaska that has some insane videos from his crazy-ass stunts. 

I'm attracted to extremes, lol, probably why I'm here. 

Cheers. 👊🏻
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mleku | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 yeah, i think that flightsuits should be a third failure backup for parachuting, it would greatly increase your chances of finding a soft place to land, and has a very low catastrophic failure risk compared to a parachute, like one in million type of probability of the webs tearing off