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At Skydive Space Center, Florida's Premier Skydiving Center, we do the Tandem Jumps-15,000 Feet- Everyday of the week! Our 15,000 foot skydive is the marathon of freefall. It’s not quite an ultra but it’s still a huge endeavor, and still more freefall than most other skydive centers. It’s a 70-second freefall followed by a 7 minute ...
- How The Idea Evolved
- The Giant Net
- How He Hopes to Survive
When the co-creators of Heaven Sent, marketing guru Jimmy Smith and aerospace physiologist Chris Talley, first approached Aikins about landing a skydive without a parachute, the plan was to build an 800-foot-tall slide and have Aikins land near the top, then glide down to earth. Aikins said no thanks and laughed it off. Then, for two weeks, he kept...
Measuring 100 feet on each side, the Fly Trap—basically a huge polyethylene rope net—will be suspended from a quartet of 200-foot-tall, 70-ton cranes at California's Big Sky Ranch, a popular location for filming Westerns and other movies that require wilderness settings. Aikins will take off in a Cessna piloted by Dave Kaiser, a longtime friend who...
When Aikins lands, he won’t feel any elasticity in the net itself. Each 1.875-inch square of the Dyneema rope can hold 826 pounds of force on its own, but the material doesn’t stretch. Instead, four compressed air cylinders stationed near the cranes and connected to the Fly Trap via rope and pulleys will cushion Aikins’ impact. The cylinders, a.k.a...
Jan 31, 2017 · Tuesday, January 31, 2017. Most skydiving centers here in the US jump from a typical altitude height of around 14,000 feet (around 4.2 kilometers or 2.6 miles). From this altitude, jumpers get around 60 seconds of freefall time which is enough for your basic skydive. If you want to experience something extra special, 18,000 feet is where it’s at!
15,000. 60 Seconds Of Freefall. £348. Only £50 deposit! A jump at the UK’s highest altitude is available for just £89 extra. An altitude of 15,000 feet equates to almost a full minute of freefall. There’s plenty of time to gather your senses and enjoy the skydive. This is the ultimate thrill for adrenaline junkies. Book Now Buy Voucher.
But how much longer? Well, skydiving from 14,000 feet yields about 60 seconds of freefall … and from 18,000 feet gives you about 30 seconds more! So bumping your altitude up to 18,000 feet will add a whole 30 seconds to your skydive – that’s about 50% extra freefall! The feeling of freedom that comes with freefall is unmatched in every way.
Mar 13, 2024 · The following is an excerpt from Freefall by Brad Guy. At 22, Brad was in an accident during tandem skydive. He and his instructor’s parachute failed to open properly, sending them plunging ...
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