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Herkpilot1
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This was posted elsewhere, happened many years ago and probably never again. Some impressive flying by Clay Lacey also.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dejuGeDpEU
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Yikes!!

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:lol: I remember that guy. Seems like forever.

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:lol:
Is the FAA ever thrilled about anything? 8)

.. oh Chris, that was a rhetorical question. :)
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No he's got to have had a lot of guts to do that. :-O

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Nigel H-J wrote:No he's got to have had a lot of guts to do that. :-O

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Unlike the other recent video of the guy who jumped out of an airplane without a parachute, this guy was just strapped to the top of a DC-8 and flown around at minimum speed for a while, which granted is more wind than what the sky divers had to endure.
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