Gump

Hard to understand how anyone could want to do something quite so stupid.

Cary

Bad plan. He about lost his grip before the harness broke. What a f'd feeling that must have been.

I'm waiting for the punchline. He accomplish what

He made it onto BCP!

Gump

GumpAir wrote:He made it onto BCP!

Gump

hmmm seems a high cost

I bet that was actually super fun ... For a little while.

Yeah, the guy was an optomist. On the way down a witness heard him say, "So far, so good."

Gump

I'm glad that you are out there perusing the "twisted mind" web site and passing along the good ones Gump. The stunt wasn't even all that cool.

I think it's fake? When his butt strap broke, he swung down fast and even forward (past vertical). Do you think going 100mph the wind would let your body do that??

With my arm stuck outside going that fast, I can't hold it straight out. Maybe an RC stunt?? If it is real, when is the pilot going to jail??

PS: it was with a Scout, which was cool for me.

What in fact was "the stunt" or what was it going to be??

He was screaming before the prop made its first turn.

Here's some info that was posted with the video...
It happened on Wednesday 1 April 1981, in Hawaii, killing Aussie stuntman Jim Bailey. This is the news report for those interested: Australian stuntman Jim Bailey, known as ''The Human Torpedo,'' fell 500 feet to his death from an airplane while making a film for television Wednesday, authorities said. Initially, authorities said Baily was performing for ABC-TV's ''That's Incredible,'' but the show's producer denied having any connection with the accident. Witnesses, including members of the Maui Fire Department and the rescue unit, said Bailey, a resident of Brisbane, Australia, was suspended underneath a single-engine Ballanca by a strap and belt when the belt broke. He hung onto the strap for a few seconds before falling.
Officials said the stunt called for Bailey to hang on under the plane during takeoff and slide to a landing when the plane made a ''touch-and-go'' on the strip.
Bailey had appeared twice on ''That's Incredible.'' In an episode televised Jan. 26, he was dragged behind a car and crashed head-first through a flaming wall.
On Dec. 8, 1980, an episode showed Bailey being dragged behind another car at 165 mph and then skidding 1,300 feet along the pavement. But Alan Landsburg, producer of the ABC show, said there was no connection between Bailey's death and ''That's Incredible.'' ''We have nothing going in Hawaii, we're not working there,'' Landsburg said from his Los Angeles office. ''We've been on hiatus for about three and one-half weeks.
We finished our season and we don't start shooting until June. ''The accident obviously shocks us, but there's no way it could have been our crew filming. I tell you it was not our shoot. The accident was not even remotely connected with ''That's Incredible.'' Landsburg said it was possible the accident involving Bailey was being filmed by a private company and Bailey later planned to sell the film to ''That's Incredible.'' Landsburg said accidents have occurred during previous filming for the show, prompting safeguards.
''We've set absolute limits on what we'll buy due to the accident factor,'' the producer said. ''We've had a few accidents and we didn't want any others. We made it very clear that we wouldn't consider that type of outside purchase.''

Obviously NOT a scenario for a three point landing.

Gump

I remember watching that a long time ago on tv. Had so much weight on him that he couldn't hold on after the strap broke.

Fisherman wrote:I remember watching that a long time ago on tv. Had so much weight on him that he couldn't hold on after the strap broke.

Same here. I bet it was 20 years ago, or better.

I sawthe second runner up for Darwin award yesterday at the Venice Fl airport open house. He ran the battery down in his Piper Malibu trying to do a hot start that didnt work. Big crowd watching, sure is a fancy plane, pilot red faced because batt is dead. FBO is fetching the start cart, but pilot cant wait. He is going to hand prop a malibu. Didnt set parking brake. Fires up on second pull, no brakes and turning close to half throttle, plane heading across ramp, with pilot dragging along trying to stop it, smashes into ditch collapsing gear and wiping out prop. Really nice plane is now in a heap in a ditch. I felt sorry for the guy, its a canadian plane a long way from home. Good thing it was pointed W instead of E, or it would have been into the crowd. Still cant figure out how he got out of the way. Sad

Jim