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Terminal Velocity of a Human

From the equation for terminal velocity, we see it depends on several factors:

Density of the air.
Mass of the object
Area of the object
Acceleration due to gravity (this doesn't really change, so it can be assumed to be practically constant)
The shape of the object
For a human, the drag coefficient Cd is about 1 in a belly down, horizontal orientation and 0.7 in head down position.

Typically in this position, terminal velocity is about 120 mph or 54 m/s.