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Roland Simpson (1969 – 22 October 2004) was a BASE jumper with over 1,000 jumps. He was born in Australia in 1969. He was a qualified tandem master and a wingsuit instructor. He became the US national exit style champion in 1998, and the US national champion in 1999. [citation needed]
Roland "Slim" Simpson: 35 China Well known Australian BASE jumper. On 6 October 2004, Roland Simpson leapt from the Jin Mao Tower, the tallest skyscraper in China at the time, in a wingsuit. After a good jump and flight, his parachute opened with multiple line twists making it difficult to steer and he crashed onto an adjacent building.
His choice of wingsuit (a skydive specific race suit with very high internal arm pressure) and short non wingsuit specific container meant he was unable to reach his pilot chute so couldn't deploy his parachute. 22 October 2004 - Roland "Slim" Simpson - Is also partially inaccurate. He died after his life support was turned off in the hospital
Gone but not forgotten. The 2024 Oscars took time during the show's gala ceremony to honor some of the beloved entertainment icons who died over the last year.Andrea Bocelli and son Matteo Bocelli ...
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The Kit Curran Radio Show is a British sitcom created and initially written by Andy Hamilton, and screened on ITV in 1984. A second series in 1986 was co-written with Guy Jenkin, the title reduced to simply Kit Curran.
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