Balloon jump sans parachute

[airdvr 210]

Saw this today on a TV screen at lunch. Watching the empty rig fall away made me a little sick to my stomach.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=811_1448308069&comments=1

Please don't dent the planet.

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[ryoder 1,590]

What a waste of a good parachute.
He should have caught it, and used his own.

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[BIGUN 1,443]

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[RiggerLee 61]

looks like they did the Mr Bill at terminal with just an ordinary rig, not a tandem.

And I hope that was an old junk rig that he dropped.

Lee

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[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

RiggerLee

looks like they did the Mr Bill at terminal with just an ordinary rig, not a tandem.

And I hope that was an old junk rig that he dropped.

Lee

Well, it looked like the "no rig" fella had a harness of some sort under his pants, like Pastrana's jump a few years back.

I too, hope that it was a junk rig they tossed.

I wonder if the pilot knew what was up. Was the "tossed rig" worn to make the pilot think it was just a normal balloon jump?
Then they pulled off the stunt without telling him?

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[BIGUN 1,443]

RiggerLee

looks like they did the Mr Bill at terminal with just an ordinary rig, not a tandem.

I agree... looked to be in the 230 range.

RiggerLee

And I hope that was an old junk rig that he dropped.

You know... about the third time I watched it; I thought I saw a, "If found, please call..." something attached to it. Personally, I wouldn't throw anything out of an aircraft... much less with a solid cloud deck.

Keith

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wolfriverjoe

Well, it looked like the "no rig" fella had a harness of some sort under his pants, like Pastrana's jump a few years back.

I too, hope that it was a junk rig they tossed.

I wonder if the pilot knew what was up. Was the "tossed rig" worn to make the pilot think it was just a normal balloon jump?
Then they pulled off the stunt without telling him?

he was wearing a harness, he even drew attention to it by adjusting the loop before exit. it wasnt meant to be a magic trick just dumb

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