Dying before you hit the ground

The best way to do it is by tandem. Tandems are good fun. Go for it but leave the Spit at home.

Ali 😎

Will do 😀 😀 😀 Mark 😀 ROFL 😀 😀 😀

That’s what I meant 😀 😀 😀 Mark 😀 LMAO 😀 😀 😀

I don’t plan on bailing out of my spitfire any time soon though 😀 😀 😀 No-one to fly her home 😀 😀 😀

The best way to do it is by tandem. Tandems are good fun. Go for it but leave the Spit at home.

Ali 😎

Would love to help you out but I skydive. Parachuting is just the essential bit at the end. 😀

Ali
Air Cooled and Gravity Powered.

That’s what I meant 😀 😀 😀 Mark 😀 LMAO 😀 😀 😀

I don’t plan on bailing out of my spitfire any time soon though 😀 😀 😀 No-one to fly her home 😀 😀 😀

I wouldn’t mind doing a parachute jump 😀 😀 😀 Mark 😀 Just as long as I have about 20 reserves (just incase I need over 15 of them 😀 😀 😀 )

Would love to help you out but I skydive. Parachuting is just the essential bit at the end. 😀

Ali
Air Cooled and Gravity Powered.

I wouldn’t mind doing a parachute jump 😀 😀 😀 Mark 😀 Just as long as I have about 20 reserves (just incase I need over 15 of them 😀 😀 😀 )

And backup dytter, I’ve often seen(in the past few years) camera jumpers with two dytters.

My jumps were quite a few years ago, all on 6 or 6.5m aerconicals, which as you says aren’t currently used. Got quite good at landing in the ‘pit’ even given their lack of directional control.
Currently recovering from badly broken arm from a flying accident. As soon as it’s fixed I will be jumping again, as will I be flying the (repaired) hang glider that nearly killed me back in June.

I have just one. It goes off at 4,000 to remind me that I’m going to have to do something quite soon. I have an AAD too which is always a must. I also have the good old wrist mounted Alti Master V. My main is a Saber 150 with a Micro Raven 150 reserve. I just love the performance of a ZP canopy. 😀 😀 😀

Ali

Didn’t know anyone ever jumped round canopies any more. Except of course ejector seats (thought I would get that one in quickly).

There was a camera flyer at Eloy in Arizona who was filming a freestylist trainee and when he went above her to get a shot of her and the ground he saw where the ground was and pulled straight away and had a 10 second canopy ride and the freestylist just did lay over back loops straight into the ground. I wasn’t there when it happened as I had the day off for some sightseeing but reinforces the dytter arguement doesn’t it.

Ali

And backup dytter, I’ve often seen(in the past few years) camera jumpers with two dytters.

My jumps were quite a few years ago, all on 6 or 6.5m aerconicals, which as you says aren’t currently used. Got quite good at landing in the ‘pit’ even given their lack of directional control.
Currently recovering from badly broken arm from a flying accident. As soon as it’s fixed I will be jumping again, as will I be flying the (repaired) hang glider that nearly killed me back in June.

Thats what training does for you Ali. Worst it got for me was a couple of delayed openings, no real mals, just adds to the adrenaline. Must go jump again soon, just need to convert to these new-fangled square things!
There was a quite well known accident out in US somwhere with a cameraman, too preoccupied with his camera gear forget to put his rig on. Apparently he gets to opening height goes for the pull and nothing, realised what he hadnt done, rolls over onto his back and continues filming- the film ends.

Didn’t know anyone ever jumped round canopies any more. Except of course ejector seats (thought I would get that one in quickly).

There was a camera flyer at Eloy in Arizona who was filming a freestylist trainee and when he went above her to get a shot of her and the ground he saw where the ground was and pulled straight away and had a 10 second canopy ride and the freestylist just did lay over back loops straight into the ground. I wasn’t there when it happened as I had the day off for some sightseeing but reinforces the dytter arguement doesn’t it.

Ali

I have a video of someone arriving at the ground without their parachute and they are still trying to pull handles all the way down until impact. During the malfunctions that I have had on my main canopy I can still function despite my brain not wanting it to happen.

Ali

Thats what training does for you Ali. Worst it got for me was a couple of delayed openings, no real mals, just adds to the adrenaline. Must go jump again soon, just need to convert to these new-fangled square things!
There was a quite well known accident out in US somwhere with a cameraman, too preoccupied with his camera gear forget to put his rig on. Apparently he gets to opening height goes for the pull and nothing, realised what he hadnt done, rolls over onto his back and continues filming- the film ends.

I’ve experienced ‘sensory overload’ on my first parachute jump, it’s rather like a mini blackout, it happens sometimes when you do something with your body that your mind can’t quite deal with; lasts fraction of a second. It’s usually followed by a massive rush of adrenaline, thats the fun bit.

I have a video of someone arriving at the ground without their parachute and they are still trying to pull handles all the way down until impact. During the malfunctions that I have had on my main canopy I can still function despite my brain not wanting it to happen.

Ali

I’ve experienced ‘sensory overload’ on my first parachute jump, it’s rather like a mini blackout, it happens sometimes when you do something with your body that your mind can’t quite deal with; lasts fraction of a second. It’s usually followed by a massive rush of adrenaline, thats the fun bit.

Still………I wouldn’t want to find out 😀 😀 😀 Mark 😀

The answer is included here: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/050311.html

It’s not the fall that kills them….it’s the sudden stop at the bottom!!

I agree 😀 😀 😀 Mark 😀

It’s not the fall that kills them….it’s the sudden stop at the bottom!!

Well yes, then your Brain pegs out, but that’s only too be expected, because it wasn’t expecting that part too happen. Glad I never experienced it. 😮
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But nowhere near as much of a shock as what follows 0.1 of a second later! 😮

Yes exactly, in this situation you have pre programmed your Concious mind what too expect. So your Brain computes this as ok to experience… 🙂
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Yes but the last 10th of a second comes at a bit of a shock. 😀

Pre Programmed..

But what if you do things like free fall or bungee as hobbies, then you know what to expect.

Yes exactly, in this situation you have pre programmed your Concious mind what too expect. So your Brain computes this as ok to experience… 🙂
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But what if you do things like free fall or bungee as hobbies, then you know what to expect.