Re: A lonnnnng fall.

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From: Mark Smith
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1986 00:25

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> I read about Kittinger in "Parachuting Folklore", a book by Horan(?) which I
> Because he used a drogue chute for part of the decent, it is not classified
> as the world's longest freefall, even though the drogue exerted little force
> on him.

The story about the world's longest freefall didn't sound too
appetizing, escpecially when his blood boiled in his face.

What's a drogue chute?

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				Mark Smith

				NYIT Computer Graphics Laboratory
				Old Westbury, New York
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