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Old 31st May 2004, 04:00
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henry crun
 
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There was more than one case in WW2 of guys bailing out without their parachutes and surviving.

The height means little, a free falling body is going to reach terminal velocity quickly, so from 3,500 or 35,000ft you are going to arrive at the same speed.
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