What will you be thinking about, as you are falling 43,000 feet from an aircraft?
My friend Antony sent me a link to this intriguing 8-minute film.
It certainly focuses your attention on that fall.
What will you be thinking about, as you are falling 43,000 feet from an aircraft?
My friend Antony sent me a link to this intriguing 8-minute film.
It certainly focuses your attention on that fall.
beetleypete 
Whew!
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Not one to watch before flying off on holiday. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I have jumped out of a few planes in my time, charity skydives, so I can confirm that you travel pretty fast 🙂 Mind you it was only 13,000 ft so not so much time to think about anything other than the pint I was going to have once I landed 🙂
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I have never voluntarily exited an aircraft during flight. Well done with that. I would have been waiting for you in the bar. 🙂
Cheers, Pete.
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I read this post and watched the video some eight hours ago. I still do not have a comment. Sorry. Warmest regards, Theo
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Thanks, Theo. No problem. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I refuse to be the fall guy.
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You got one in. And a film reference too. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I didn’t realise it would take so long to fall. I hope I’d be unconscious. I don’t worry when flying. I think knowing I have absolutely no control over what happens allows me not to worry.
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It was that length of time that interested me, Mary. That’s a long time to spend imagining hitting the ground. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I found this quite an amazing film.
43, 000 ft is a long way down.
I do fly quite frequently and can’t imagine what I would be thinking .
I might be thinking about all the good people I would miss and how sad I would be knowing they would be also missing me
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I haven’t flown in a plane since 2011, but flew quite a lot before that. I found air travel boring, but was rarely scared.
This film fascinated me because of how long it tales to fall all that way. In reality, I suspect that the pressure of the air/wind and the sheer terror would leave you little time to think about anything. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Oh, you are so right about the pressure of the air and wind.
I am not scared when I fly but never like take-off or landing
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This and your last serial are perfect reasons why it’s not good to fly!😱
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I was in a crash landing once. But that was on the ground, not falling through the air. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I do not do boats because I cannot hold my breath to walk ashore and planes for I cannot flap my arms enough to save me….I will stick to Terra Firma. chuq
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I’m not good on water, so a plane is a better option for me.
Trains are best though. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Trains are truly the best…..chuq
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Well that sounds like fun! I’ll stick to ferries.
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I was surprised how long it takes to fall that far. Freaked me out a bit. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I went down a rabbit hole on google after watching there’s a few survivors of that , worth a read.
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I remember a WW2 aircrew guy who survived a huge fall by hitting trees and landing in snow. 🙂
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Yes, there’s a few amazing survivals out there!
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The poet James Dickey wrote a compelling poem “Falling” about the stewardess who fell to her death in 1962. The recent novel “Dear Edward” tells the story of a little boy who is the only survivor of a plane crash and has to dodge all the people asking him about the descent. As for me, the one time it looked as though our plane was going down since it was filling with smoke, I felt incredible calm and did in fact have a very quick and positive life review. The film was intriguing since it led me to all these connections. Thanks.(We landed to a sea of fire engines and ambulances but without injury.)
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Thanks for adding your own experience, Elizabeth.
Best wishes, Pete.
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So your flight involved deliverance.
(James Dickey would have approved this message.)
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Well put!
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Blimey! I hope none of us ever have to go through this. I can’t imagine what I would be thinking about or feeling. I’ll be interested to know what other people say!
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That’s a very long time to be falling, isn’t it? 🙂
Thanks, Lorraine.
Best wishes, Pete.
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