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Botany

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21. Science is based on verifiable and repeatable results.

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #20)

Sun Jul 25, 2021, 03:40 PM

Jul 2021

Besides where would the person "leave" the plane from? Would the person be hit by the jet's
"wind stream?" Would the person get bounced off the plane's body or tail wings? And even if
the person is able to free fall 15,000 to 20,000 feet before deploying his or her parachute what about
the landing zone? Trees, bodies of water, roads, cactus*, bear dens, and God forbid landing in Oklahoma
things could be tough.

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FAA announces all passenger planes will be equipped with a "Karen Hatch". No more diverting [View all] brewens Jul 2021 OP

The parachute will have a Bill Gates tracking chip RainCaster Jul 2021 #1

Nobody is going to tell a Karen/Kevin they have to wear a parachute! They have rights and MLAA Jul 2021 #4

LOL! highplainsdem Jul 2021 #2

But if they are ejected @ 36,000 feet they will freeze to death or die from lack of 02 Botany Jul 2021 #3

And? :) n/t brewens Jul 2021 #5

Yeah... SledDriver Jul 2021 #6

We can't live in fear IronLionZion Jul 2021 #9

Funny, But... ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #12

Well the person would have to "leave the plane" between 33,000 to 42,000 feet and it Botany Jul 2021 #17

Beauty!!! ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #20

Science is based on verifiable and repeatable results. Botany Jul 2021 #21

The G Forces Alone ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #22

But would they be able to keep the parachute, or anything else, on? CaptainTruth Jul 2021 #18

Oh, The Getting Off The Plane Is... ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #19

Would most people have a heart attack falling that fast with no parachute and smirkymonkey Jul 2021 #26

Not Sure ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #29

You've read Heinlein's "Starship Troopers"? jmowreader Jul 2021 #27

Enough with Rebl2 Jul 2021 #7

And I say: LW1977 Jul 2021 #14

I guess what Rebl2 Jul 2021 #23

A waste of good silk... YoshidaYui Jul 2021 #8

worth it KG Jul 2021 #10

Heh! YoshidaYui Jul 2021 #13

Nah. They just need a hatch that leads to the cargo hole. GoodRaisin Jul 2021 #11

Some planes actually have one. Angleae Jul 2021 #24

Yup. Have a jail cell down there for anyone who decides to throw a right wing fit. GoodRaisin Jul 2021 #28

In all seriousness KentuckyWoman Jul 2021 #15

Shoot WHITT Jul 2021 #16

or just lock her in a bathroom the entire trip demtenjeep Jul 2021 #25