[RAF_Magpie]

There are, albiet rare, situations from where people have survived falls without chutes from horrendious heights (a situation in belgium i think - where a woman's chute didnt open from 5000 feet, and she landed in a swamp, dusted off and walked away) - these are freak occurances. Another thing - military jumps, and everything else - the landings are always controlled (in the sense they follow thru with a roll etc (to wash off the momentium) and when was the last time you saw your little badly animated pilot do that?