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2. Highest falls survived without a parachute - Wikipedia

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   Luke Aikins. 25,000 [4] 7,620. 2016. On July 30, 2016, Aikins jumped from an aircraft without any parachute or wingsuit at an altitude of 25,000 feet (7,620 m) above Simi Valley, California, watched by a live audience. After about two minutes of free fall he successfully landed in a 100-by-100-foot (30 by 30 m) net.

3. Vesna Vulović - Wikipedia

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   Vesna Vulović (Serbian Cyrillic: Весна Вуловић, pronounced [ʋêsna ʋûːloʋitɕ]; 3 January 1950 – 23 December 2016) was a Serbian flight attendant who survived the highest fall without a parachute: 10.16 kilometres (6.31 miles) or 33,338 feet. She was the sole survivor after an explosion tore through the baggage compartment ...

4. Alan Magee - Wikipedia

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   Air Medal. Purple Heart. Alan Eugene Magee (January 13, 1919 – December 20, 2003) was a United States airman during World War II who survived a 22,000-foot (6,700 m) fall from his damaged B-17 Flying Fortress. [1] He was featured in the 1981 Smithsonian Magazine as one of the 10 most amazing survival stories of World War II.

5. Free fall - Wikipedia

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   Free fall. In classical mechanics, free fall is any motion of a body where gravity is the only force acting upon it. A freely falling object may not necessarily be falling down in the vertical direction. An object moving upwards might not normally be considered to be falling, but if it is subject to only the force of gravity, it is said to be ...

6. 20-year-old dies after accidental fall near scenic overlook ...

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   August 2, 2024 at 1:29 PM. K. Ross. A college student visiting the Grand Canyon died after an accidental fall near a scenic overlook, park officials said Thursday. Abel Joseph Mejia, 20, fell to ...

7. William Rankin - Wikipedia

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   William Rankin. Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Rankin (October 16, 1920 – July 6, 2009) was the first person to survive a fall from the top of a cumulonimbus thunderstorm cloud. [1] He was a pilot in the United States Marine Corps and a World War II and Korean War veteran. In 1959, he was flying an F-8 Crusader jet fighter over a ...

8. Canva - Wikipedia

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   www.canva.com. Canva is a graphic design platform that provides tools for creating social media graphics, presentations, promotional merchandise and websites. [6][7][8] Launched in Australia in 2013, the service offers design tools for individuals and companies. [9][10] Its offerings include templates for presentations, posters, and social ...

9. Category:Fall survivors - Wikipedia

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   Category:Fall survivors. Category. : Fall survivors. People who have survived free fall or other falls of great height without using a parachute or similar device.