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HUMAN CANNONBALL
- For the School of Fish album, see Human Cannonball (album).
The human cannonball is a circus act in which an individual is launched into the air by a powerful spring or compressed air. Human cannonballs have reached speeds up to 60 miles per hour. The human cannonball will land on a horizontal net, the placement of which is determined by classical mechanics.
The sound and smoke of the shot may actually be produced by an explosion (of a gunpowder or other charge), but this is separate from the launching of the person, and purely for effect.
the current world record for the farthest human cannonball flight is 56.54 m (185 ft 10 in), by David "Cannonball" Smith Sr. This human cannonball feat occurred on May 29, 1998, at Kennywood Park, West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA. It is estimated David was traveling at over 112 km/h (70 mph) during the flight!
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