Free Fall Research
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Covering long fall survival, free fall, aviation disaster, skydiving accident, parachute, and occasional spam e-mail and haiku related topics
Marshfield, MA USA
Joined October 2009
Author/illustrator Jim Hamilton’s new book on long-fall survival is now available! https://t.co/OwrXwTAypS
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Imagine falling from thousands of feet in the air without a working parachute. Could you survive? Your chances are small, but a surprising number of individuals have lived to tell the tale. Author...
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A 35-year-old skydiving instructor has died after he was "presumed to have fallen from the sky without a parachute," Nashville police say.
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Emergency personnel found the instructor's dead body off a Nashville highway.
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BBC’s I’ve Got A Secret (1984) Tail gunner Nicholas Alkemade, who in 1944 fell 18,000 feet from a burning Lancaster without a parachute - and walked away… Astonishing story 🫡
Never has the phrase, “they don’t make ‘em like they use to” been so true. My gast, is a flabber!! Wow 😮
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Nine-story fall survivor after Russian attack
“I don’t know where my parents are. I don’t know what happened to them.” Veronika was thrown from the 9th floor during Russia’s attack on Kyiv and survived. This is what Ukrainian children go to sleep with. 8 killed in Kyiv as if now.
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56-year-old Felix Baumgartner, the extreme athlete who once jumped from the edge of space, has died in a paragliding crash in Italy.
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Are cats able to survive long falls? This is the 45th (& final) cartoon in the series in which Jim Hamilton answers questions about falling. He will publish a book of these cartoons later this year. @jrhinfotrends
#survival #falling #freefallresearchpage #cats #fallingcats
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How often did airmen survive long falls in the severed tail of a bomber during World War II? This is the forty-fourth cartoon in the series in which Jim Hamilton answers questions about falling. @jrhinfotrends
#survival #falling #freefallresearchpage
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@parachute_industry_association Skydiving’s Iron Lady, Kim Knor will be sitting down for a Fireside Chat during the PIA Symposium to talk about her incredible skydiving career and her mission to achieve 1000 jumps. #legendsofskydiving #PIA2025 #skydiving
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Why am I alive? This is the forty-third cartoon in the series in which Jim Hamilton answers questions about falling. @jrhinfotrends
#survival #falling #freefallresearchpage #freefall @988Lifeline
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How long does it take a parachute to open? This is the forty-second cartoon in the series in which Jim Hamilton answers questions about falling. @jrhinfotrends @ChutesNL
#survival #falling #freefallresearchpage #freefall #parachute #terminalvelocity
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Does a ball thrown straight up take the same time to go up as it does to come down? This is the fortieth cartoon in the series in which Jim Hamilton answers questions about falling. @jrhinfotrends
#survival #falling #freefallresearchpage #freefall #physics #baseball #gravity
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What happened to Baby Hashimoto? This is the thirty-ninth cartoon in the series in which Jim Hamilton answers questions about falling. @jrhinfotrends
#survival #falling #freefallresearchpage #freefall
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Has an animal ever helped save a long faller? This is the thirty-eighth cartoon in the series in which Jim Hamilton answers questions about falling. @jrhinfotrends @KevinHinesStory
#survival #falling #freefallresearchpage #freefall #kevinhines #goldengatebridge
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Can an ice-covered lake help save someone in a dangerous situation? This is the thirty-seventh cartoon in the series in which Jim Hamilton answers questions about falling. @jrhinfotrends
#survival #falling #freefallresearchpage #freefall
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Who is the luckiest pilot? This is the thirty-sixth cartoon in the series in which Jim Hamilton answers questions about falling. @jrhinfotrends #survival #falling #freefallresearchpage #freefall
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What was the most recent long-fall survival incident? This is the thirty-fifth cartoon in the series in which Jim Hamilton answers questions about falling. P.S. This incident happened in Monkey Canyon in Angeles National Forest in southern California. @jrhinfotrends
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Is snow a good thing to fall on? This is the thirty-fourth cartoon in the series in which Jim Hamilton answers questions about falling. #survival #falling #freefallresearchpage #freefall #snow #operationsnowbird @jrhinfotrends @11thAirborneDiv
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Which men survived the highest accidental free falls? This is the thirty-third cartoon in the series in whichJim Hamilton answers questions about falling. #survival #falling #freefallresearchpage #freefall
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How long does it take to fall 20,000 feet? This is the thirty-second cartoon in the series in Jim Hamilton answers questions about falling. #survival #falling #freefallresearchpage #terminalvelocity @jrhinfotrends
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How is an Unlucky Skydiver different from a Lucky/Unlucky Skydiver? This is the thirty-first cartoon in the series in Jim Hamilton answers questions about falling. #survival #falling #freefallresearchpage #parachute #lucky #unlucky
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