Skydiver dies after legs are severed in midair collision...

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with plane.

Winner of the 'Wrong Place, Wrong Time' Award.

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DELAND, Fla. (AP) A skydiving cinematographer was killed after his legs were severed in a midair collision with the airplane he had jumped from, authorities said.

Albert ''Gus'' Wing III had already deployed his parachute Saturday when he struck the left wing of the DHC-6 Twin Otter propeller plane at about 600 feet, a witness on the ground told police.

Both of Wing's legs were severed at the knees, but he managed to maneuver his parachute and land near the DeLand Airport, about 40 miles north of Orlando, DeLand Police Cmdr. Randel Henderson said.

He was airlifted to a hospital, where he later died, Henderson said.

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His name was Wing!

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littlek wrote:

His name was Wing!

Well, two 'wings' make a wrong!!!

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How the hell did that happen. He hit the plane he had jumped out of? Did the plane dive too?

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Who knows, but considering how little space a human body is you'd have to be having a real BAD day to collide with a MOVING plane!

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Guess the old saying is right, "If at first you don't succeed, don't take up skydiving."

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A Wing and a prayer doesn't always get you there.
In flights of fancy, can we imagine an angel with missing parts,
the pilot of our bleeding heart
or the fallen crest of de feet.

Aeleron, oh Aeleron!
De-icing is not done with human
hands but with the soaring mind. 'Tis folly to jump
where none send, for above us the pilot is blind.

Watch for DeLanding! Watch in dismay.
For Aeleron cannot just wriggle away.
It's the life that we choose that gives us away
and sends us careening into the pits of eternal bliss.

Whence fallen but can't get up,
what film can record our intent to deploy, but to try.
What do we gain? What do we lose?
But a dream.

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The old question: Does the skydiver hit the airplane's wing, or does the wing strike the skydiver?

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Im thinkin of all the people who were down below who didnt know what happened at first and then, before the dead guy landed, got showered with a great mass of blood from the sky.

Thanks for sharing this story stillwater.

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Sounds like something from the Old Testement, at that. Does it

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It's too bad he wasn't playing Nintendo to help pass the boredom.

http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,67316,00.html

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On a sunny California day, Lou Myers and three others became the first people ever to play a Super Mario game while plummeting from the sky at terminal velocity.

The four sky divers, each clutching a wireless Nintendo DS handheld gaming device, were part of an experiment.

You see?! THAT experiment succeeded.
With Nintendo, skydiving is much safer.

It even helps with stagnant, mind-numbing activites such as climbing Mount Everest:

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"Climbing mountains like Mount Everest is 10 hours of tough climbing, with hours of nothing to do once the sun goes down," Mueller told gaming blog Kotaku. "We thought the DS would be perfect because we can play games wirelessly against each other, as well as draw pictures and send messages."

If only Mr. Wing had gamed a little more . . .

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Naw - I'm not impressed unless someone is skydiving at terminal velocity whilst playing Nintendo, being fellated, taking phone calls and snorting cocaine all at the same time!!

As for those pussies on Mt Everest - the answer to boredom is easy. The half-mile bungy!!!

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I read this story and actually felt sorry for the guy for a minute. Thanks for bringin me back down to reality. I knew I could count on y'all.

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This is EXACTLY why I don't skydive.

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squinney wrote:

This is EXACTLY why I don't skydive.

yeah just stick to the bungee jumping. :wink:

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Looks like another plane hit another skydiver . . .

Plane, parachutist collide in Yorkville

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A single-engine plane collided with a skydiver Thursday afternoon.

The plane landed in a tree, clipping some power lines on the way down.

The skydiver landed on the ground.

Luckily, no one was seriously hurt.
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Both the pilot, from Illinois, and the parachutist, age 31, were taken to St. Mary's Medical Center in Racine. The pilot had facial scratches, bumps and bruises. The parachutist complained of pain in the middle part of his body.

Better luck next time!

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blueveinedthrobber wrote:

squinney wrote:
This is EXACTLY why I don't skydive.

yeah just stick to the bungee jumping. :wink:

Squinney's life is already risky enough. Look who she married! Laughing

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Well, why in tarnation would anybody wanna skydive in the first place? A lady I know told me about a gal friend of hers whose husband died on his 100th skydive. He left behind 3 kids and a wife, and he was only 42. That's just DERELICT!

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