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Old 24th Oct 2000, 19:53
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Hate to nit-pick, but I believe this can't be done from that sort of altitude without some kind of stabilising drogue(Kittinger used one). So, it's not strictly a pure freefall descent, though hairy enough I suppose.

A premature canopy deployment at those speeds would certainly make his eyes water, though.