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Has anyone heard of this catapult they set up from cranes and pulleys where a jumper is thrown 400 feet up in the air, opens his chute and lands safely???!!!
it happened in France a little while ago. here is a ling in French
http://www.para-mag.com/archives/n225/article/article.html

That s crazy. Would any of you go for it if it was available ?

As a matter of fact...yes we have!

Pretty cool stuff.

Let's keep the discussion in the original thread that hookitt linked.

Thanks!