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by uitgewis 3166 days ago
Unlikely. The only reason he was able to survive IMO is that his pilot chute deployed, slowing him down.
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Survival without a chute seems to involve hitting some large object that slows you like a tree or a bendy roof.

Here's a pic of the roof that saved one guy http://cdn2.fella.com/2016/06/20151717/Magee-11.jpg

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Magee)