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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (47941)	4/24/2006 7:29:10 AM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Respond to of 90947

Smithee, "I hate to tell you this, but a fall from 2,000 or 3,000 feet, hell even 1,000, would be quite painful." Aye, to be sure! I hurt if I fall off my chair! <g> Seriously, it could be likened to falling off of a several-story building. Water or soft ground would not particularly break the fall or prevent injury. This I know. "It's a little weird to realize you're suspended in a basket held up by 4 little cotter pins (aircraft grade, to be sure)." Have you ever read, "Airline Safety is a Myth" by Pilot X? <g> - Holly