Because Barthworks is pretty much down due to load, here's another version of the pilot's story on Jalopnik: http://jalopnik.com/5951233/this-is-the-man-who-ma

Because Barthworks is pretty much down due to load, here's another version of the pilot's story on Jalopnik: http://jalopnik.com/5951233/this-is-the-man-who-made-the-first-supersonic-parachute-jump-just-not-on-purpose http://jalopnik.com/5951233/this-is-the-man-who-made-the-fir... tl;dr - the plane disintegrated around him before he had the chance to eject, and he floated to the ground thanks to his parachute. Copilot, not so lucky.