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Butters
Sep 19, 2007, 5:35 PM
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First Terminal Earth
Does anyone know who was the first person to reach terminal velocity B.A.S.E. Jumping from Earth (as in the object Earth)?
Calvin19
Sep 19, 2007, 7:14 PM
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Re: [Butters] First Terminal Earth
i would guess it would be one of the first to go off of El Cap back in the 60s. i dont know what delays they took. im sure DG can tell you.
Butters
Sep 19, 2007, 7:26 PM
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Re: [Calvin19] First Terminal Earth
I would appreciate knowing the whole who, what, where, when, and why about it if anyone knows (or knows where I can find it).
Thanks
yeyo
Sep 20, 2007, 9:03 AM
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Re: [Butters] First Terminal Earth
http://www.johnnyutah.com/mikepelkey.html
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We knew we had enough altitude for about ten seconds of freefall (according to legal PCA rules) and stretched that out maybe a couple more seconds.
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