Fatal Amateur Stunt Footage..The death of 'DIY stuntman' Jim Bailey.

It happened on Wednesday 1 April 1981, in Hawaii, killing Aussie stuntman Jim Bailey. This is the news report for those interested: Australian stuntman Jim Bailey, known as ''The Human Torpedo,'' fell 500 feet to his death from an airplane while making a film for television Wednesday, authorities said. Initially, authorities said Baily was performing for ABC-TV's ''That's Incredible,'' but the show's producer denied having any connection with the accident. Witnesses, including members of the Maui Fire Department and the rescue unit, said Bailey, a resident of Brisbane, Australia, was suspended underneath a single-engine Ballanca by a strap and belt when the belt broke. He hung onto the strap for a few seconds before falling.
Officials said the stunt called for Bailey to hang on under the plane during takeoff and slide to a landing when the plane made a ''touch-and-go'' on the strip.
Bailey had appeared twice on ''That's Incredible.'' In an episode televised Jan. 26, he was dragged behind a car and crashed head-first through a flaming wall.
On Dec. 8, 1980, an episode showed Bailey being dragged behind another car at 165 mph and then skidding 1,300 feet along the pavement. But Alan Landsburg, producer of the ABC show, said there was no connection between Bailey's death and ''That's Incredible.'' ''We have nothing going in Hawaii, we're not working there,'' Landsburg said from his Los Angeles office. ''We've been on hiatus for about three and one-half weeks.
We finished our season and we don't start shooting until June. ''The accident obviously shocks us, but there's no way it could have been our crew filming. I tell you it was not our shoot. The accident was not even remotely connected with ''That's Incredible.'' Landsburg said it was possible the accident involving Bailey was being filmed by a private company and Bailey later planned to sell the film to ''That's Incredible.'' Landsburg said accidents have occurred during previous filming for the show, prompting safeguards.
''We've set absolute limits on what we'll buy due to the accident factor,'' the producer said. ''We've had a few accidents and we didn't want any others. We made it very clear that we wouldn't consider that type of outside purchase.''

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[WaterlooTriumphGuy]

@Salsuscanis No, it wouldn't. Most people aren't that stupid. To strap your ass to an airplane with a shoulder strap from a laptop case is ...well, stupid. The pilot was stupid, everyone involved was stupid including ANYONE here that defends this stupidity, is ...stupid! Stupid, Stupid, Stupid, Stupid, got it Stupid!

[maetar]

does anyone else feel NO sympathy for people that die doing crazy shit like this? Someone gets hit my a car?  Yeah, that sucks. Guy suspended from the bottom of an airplane by a belt falls from bottom of airplane? Eh

[phuturephunk01]

Bit of a fat fucker to be dangling from a strand of dental floss. No sympathy. None at all.

[aaardvarkkk]

Exactly what did he accomplish? Proving that you need more than just a chinese-made clasp to keep yourself alive while foolishly hanging from a plane?

[delio612]

idiot

[cmilford1969]

I feel bad for this guy, but how could he have taken that kind of risk? Are you kidding me? He should have spent more time addressing his risk. I can't believe someone would just fly on the belly of a plane like that with only one small attachment at the waist.

[SuperBRONSON21]

what a silly prick off a man imagine doing that even at the start i could see that wouldnt hold it was stretching to much at his waste now hes dead sad but silly thing to do

[keegan773]

Darwin was right

[Tymopta]

So basically what just happened stupid rig stupid person stupid way to go. Waste.

[godackgudalach1]

Why was that little thing holding him up so fucking little?

[pau028ful]

Lesson : Dont challenge your life, God gave us only one life and we should take care of it...

[Rockit8]

He is lucky to have lived as long as he did. Nature has a way of culling out this type long befor they make it to adulthood.