How fast can you fall from a plane,when you skydive at 12,000 feet?

Question

What about the terminal velocity for it? This is for additiional research for a short story I'm editing. I need to make it more believable and credible with the freefalling part. I did research for it, but you like to know from expert skydivers who've done it before, in tandem. And what kind of the dialogue be when you're descending down with your skydiving instructor to the "drop zone"?

Answer 1

Terminal velocity of the human body is approx 120mph.
As far as the dialogue... what you see in the movies is just in the movies.
In reality... it is completely impossible to have a conversation during freefall.

Answer 2

the terminal velocity of a skydiver in a normal free-fall position with a closed parachute is about 195 km/h (120 Mph). It would take about 5.5 seconds to reach that speed. This speed increases to about 320 km/h (200 Mph) if the skydiver pulls in his limbs—see also freeflying. This is also the terminal velocity of the Peregrine Falcon diving down on its prey.

The reason an object reaches a terminal velocity is that the drag force resisting motion is directly proportional to the square of its speed. At low speeds the drag is much less than the gravitational force and so the object accelerates. As it speeds up the drag increases, until eventually it equals the weight. Drag also depends on the cross-sectional area. This is why things with a large surface area such as parachutes and feathers have a lower terminal velocity than small objects like bricks and cannon balls.

Answer 3

If you are in what they call the "Delta" position you can fall 200+MPH With the standard body to earth position approx. 120 MPH.

Answer 4

every thing fallls at 32 feet per sec per sec
we will fall about 120 mph