[Newsbot]

Title: Skydivers survive after planes collide in Wisconsin
Category: Tech
Posted By: Regina
Date: 2013-11-03 22:47:10

[GreenTiger]

As a skydiver we have a motto:
Why land in an airplane when you have you have a perfectly good parachute.

Of course my dad, a retired airline pilot, gets quite upset at that comment ket alone when I actually do it.

[DrCaleb]

If you are going to have a mid air collission, it's best if everyone is already wearing parachutes. Saves time.

[Regina]

Quite amazing that everyone survived. I don't recall ever seeing a pilot wearing a parachute either.

[GreenTiger]

Regina Regina:

Quite amazing that everyone survived. I don't recall ever seeing a pilot wearing a parachute either.

In Sky diving, at least in the Skydiving Centers I've used all the pilots wear parachutes for safety.

[Regina]

GreenTiger GreenTiger:

Regina Regina:

Quite amazing that everyone survived. I don't recall ever seeing a pilot wearing a parachute either.

In Sky diving, at least in the Skydiving Centers I've used all the pilots wear parachutes for safety.

That's a good safe practice to go with. I've only had one strapped to my ass and the other was bolted to the seat I was sitting in.......filled with an explosive charge.

[Jabberwalker]

$1:

I've only had one strapped to my ass and the other was bolted to the seat I was sitting in.......filled with an explosive charge.

Chevy Corvette?

[Regina]

Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:

$1:

I've only had one strapped to my ass and the other was bolted to the seat I was sitting in.......filled with an explosive charge.

Chevy Corvette?

No that would have been a Ford, but in this case it was a couple P51 Mustangs and a L39 Albatross.

[Jabberwalker]

I am so feckin' jealous ...

( ... and no. I don't get motion sick ...)

[BartSimpson]

I was jump qualified back in the day and hated the night jumps. Daytime was kind of fun and the high altitude jumps were scary as hell especially when you saw someone else spinning and passing out. Never did the HALO thing - just the high altitude with a standard opening at 1,000 to 1,500 meters.

[GreenTiger]

[quote="BartSimpson"]I was jump qualified back in the day and hated the night jumps. Daytime was kind of fun and the high altitude jumps were scary as hell especially when you saw someone else spinning and passing out. Never did the HALO thing - just the high altitude with a standard opening at 1,000 to 1,500 meters.[/quote

It is a lot more fun doing it as a civilian as things are organized to well HAVE FUN without any regard to any military application.

[Strutz]

Good to hear about this incident. A recipe for disaster that ended well with no major injuries or fatalities.

Obviously it wasn't anyone's "day".

Well handled by all!

[2Cdo]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

I was jump qualified back in the day and hated the night jumps. Daytime was kind of fun and the high altitude jumps were scary as hell especially when you saw someone else spinning and passing out. Never did the HALO thing - just the high altitude with a standard opening at 1,000 to 1,500 meters.

My first 100 jumps were all night jumps.





My eyes were closed.

[BartSimpson]

2Cdo 2Cdo:

My first 100 jumps were all night jumps.





My eyes were closed.

[Jabberwalker]

2Cdo 2Cdo:

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

I was jump qualified back in the day and hated the night jumps. Daytime was kind of fun and the high altitude jumps were scary as hell especially when you saw someone else spinning and passing out. Never did the HALO thing - just the high altitude with a standard opening at 1,000 to 1,500 meters.

My first 100 jumps were all night jumps.





My eyes were closed.

Tabarnac!

Van Doos?