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2004-09-03 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Parachutist Dies in N.J. After Chute Fails

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Posted by Steve White 2004-09-03 1:05:27 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 One of my best friends is an avid skydiver, but I see little reason to jump out of a plane unless it is on fire, the controls are slack, and at least one wing has come off.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-09-03 1:22:42 AM|| 2004-09-03 1:22:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 David ~~"Flatter Than A"~~ Pancake, an instructor at the school ...

I think we've isolated the problem here. Besides, you know what they say about people who jump out of fully operational airplanes ...

Posted by Zenster 2004-09-03 1:25:57 AM|| 2004-09-03 1:25:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 How high will they bounce?

Posted by .com 2004-09-03 1:42:38 AM|| 2004-09-03 1:42:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 .com -

Actually, about six to eight feet. We had an instance when I was stationed in OH in the early nineties when a lady jumped and had a failure of both her main and reserve - she landed in a marsh on her back, and lived to tell about it. The local newsies had a picture of where she landed - and may God forgive me, but it was a perfect lady-on-her-back shaped hole right out of a Warner Bros. cartoon, the wet ground being what saved her. Witnesses saw her actually bounce ABOVE the low trees and bushes in the area. She was in the hospital for more than a year but made a full recovery.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2004-09-03 2:00:39 PM|| 2004-09-03 2:00:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Mike---Talk about dipping deep in the luck barrel! I read about a guy that jumped out of a bomber at 10,000 ft and hit a deep snowdrift and lived. As for me, I will remain nice and cozy in the cockpit of my C172P, snugly strapped in with my 4-point inertia reel harness.......until the plane is stopped and I can step down to the tarmac without parachute assist, thank you veddy much!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-09-03 8:38:31 PM|| 2004-09-03 8:38:31 PM|| Front Page Top

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