Redbull stunt didnt go according to plan : /

[Brother D]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/PiperArrow/permali...

Two cessnas, two pilots, both jump out to swap planes mid air while in a dive. 50% successful

[HTP99]

Private group, need to be a member to view.

[RobbyJ]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODCzlEyaSDM

Absolute madness!!!!

[Simpo Two]

From the second view, sent into tumble by other 'plane's slipstream is my guess. Lucky not to collide.

What makes less sense to me is that the successful RV was made underneath the 'plane - so the pilot couldn't have seen where the jumper was (unless he had a camera but that's not as good as actual vision).

[Eric Mc]

Yep - one plane went into a spin so the pilot would have been concentrating on the spin recovery than trying to meet up with the parachutist.

[Pixelpeep 135]

Shouldn't people like this pay a % of advertising/ticket sales to the emergency services ? They're stretched enough with just normal idiots without people going out of their way to hurt themselves and others for entertainment / profit

[Eric Mc]

Simple answer - no.

The whole point of emergency services is that they are neutral - they help whoever needs help, even if the reason someone needs help is because of some risky activity they were engaged in.

[Pixelpeep 135]

Brother D said:

Two cessnas, two pilots, both jump out to swap planes mid air while in a dive. 50% successful

Eric Mc said:

risky activity.

and then some

[dundarach]

Pixelpeep 135 said:

Shouldn't people like this pay a % of advertising/ticket sales to the emergency services ? They're stretched enough with just normal idiots without people going out of their way to hurt themselves and others for entertainment / profit

Agreed!

[Eric Mc]

Absolutely not.

[Mr MXT]

This was interesting in the comments:

Unfortunately for the plane swappers they were in fact denied an exemption for this stunt two days ago but decided to proceed anyway. And they crashed a plane. It’s in the FAA’s court to respond and doesn’t look good considering the show of force with Trevor Jacob. Link below to the docket decision:

https://downloads.regulations.gov/FAA-2022-0315-00...

Not the brightest move...

[Eric Mc]

And I agree they should be prosecuted if they were breaking the law.

[Abdul Abulbul Amir]

dundarach said:

Pixelpeep 135 said:

Shouldn't people like this pay a % of advertising/ticket sales to the emergency services ? They're stretched enough with just normal idiots without people going out of their way to hurt themselves and others for entertainment / profit

Agreed!

Absolutely.

[Eric Mc]

I hadn't realised that the planes were unoccupied when the pair jumped out. I assumed that there was still a pilot on board each aeroplane.

Even dumber.

I do hope they end up being prosecuted.

[RM]

Eric Mc said:

Yep - one plane went into a spin so the pilot would have been concentrating on the spin recovery than trying to meet up with the parachutist.

At the point the plane went into a spin, there was no pilot. He was busy trying to skydive to the other plane.

Simpo Two said:

From the second view, sent into tumble by other 'plane's slipstream is my guess. Lucky not to collide.

What makes less sense to me is that the successful RV was made underneath the 'plane - so the pilot couldn't have seen where the jumper was (unless he had a camera but that's not as good as actual vision).

Again, the plane was pilotless.

[Abdul Abulbul Amir]

I'm not sure why they even had to do the stunt, Pierce Brosnan did it nearly 30 years ago

[normalbloke]

They had parachutes on? Meh, might have well just done it in a simulator…

[Simpo Two]

RM said:

Again, the plane was pilotless.

I didn't realise that from the clip; thought there'd be pilots because you can't expect a plane in freefall to be predictable. Turns out I was right!

[Pixelpeep 135]

Insurance claim form would be a great read..

[LordHaveMurci]

Eric Mc said:

I hadn't realised that the planes were unoccupied when the pair jumped out.

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