[UA] Archetype evolution

[Michael Daisey]

Spainhour, Richard CPT wrote:
> 
>         (SNIP)
> > > What archetype did he become?
> >
> >       Given that he parachuted out of a _jet_, and it is widely
> >       believed that this act of stupidity killed him, perhaps
> >       he ascended to be the Moron, or the Ill-Informed Thug,
> >       or the Dumbass.
> Speaking as one who has parachuted out of a _jet_ not once, not twice, but
> THREE times (and, presumably, lived), let me tell you that the plane's
> propulsion system doesn't equate to jumper survival.  What matters is how
> fast the damn thing was flying when he bailed, not whether it had turbofan,
> turboprop, reciprocating prop, or wind up the rubber band and let it go
> engines.

		I apologize for not stating jets do not equal 
		instant death.

		From all reliable sources, including the police
		reports of the time, it was going very fast.

		And flying very, very high.

		
-- 
Michael Daisey
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"It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the
oath." Aeschylus (525-456 B.C.), Greek dramatist. Fragments, no. 385.