the ups and downs of leaving a perfectly good airplane
- Thread starter greybeard
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#1 Pretty sure my Grandpa used that same parachute back in WW2greybeard":dxhi40rm said:
#2 With a wind that violent, I'd think most countries/jump schools(if that's what they call them?) wouldn't be jumping on that day.
HOSS
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Perfect example of why a cord cutting knife should be worn attached for easy access. It is much harder to get those round chutes to collapse on a windy day. He is lucky to be in an open field and not around trees, fences, rocks or other objects.
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greybeard
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He looked pretty bad anyway there at the end of the video even without rocks and trees--I'd hate to see that happen in pricklypear or mesquite country..or barbed wire fences.
Evidently it was in Russia--you can hear people in the background laughing at his predicament.
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT5dsORuELc[/YOUTUBE]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT5dsORuELc
Evidently it was in Russia--you can hear people in the background laughing at his predicament.
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT5dsORuELc[/YOUTUBE]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT5dsORuELc
