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The Man Who Rode the Thunder

Haven't read it myself because it is so hard to find. Basically this guy jumped out of a crashing plane at 44,000 ft right into a thunderstorm, which wouldn't be so bad except that his chute auto-deployed at around 20,000 ft, hilarity ensued. What is most interesting is that his experience in the storm provided meteorologists with a lot of insight into how thunderstorms operate.

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