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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Jest-In-Time on 2023-07-06 23:26:30+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about LtCol Rankin, who parachuted through a thunderstorm in 1959 when his plane engine died at 47k feet. Due to repeatedly being sucked back into and ejected from the top of the thunderstorm, it took him 40 minutes to reach the ground.

  • xoggy@programming.devEnglish
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    1 year ago

    That man’s story is literally a wild ride. It’s amazing any of those things didn’t kill him. The explosive decompression, the negative temperature, lack of oxygen, deadly lightning, gut splitting thunder, concussive winds, the curtain of water trying to drown him, or a heart attack from it all.