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’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

Christ! That is nice! 🙂

Fantastic effort. Hope to see it at an airshow near us.

ALi

The electrical industry appear to be pushing for nuclear power. The trouble with that is no one has come up with a safe disposal practice. In Plymouth harbour the Royal navy has some decommissioned nuclear powered subs, the nuclear waste is on board effectively in the middle of a city.
The politicians say that it will be safe buried deep underground,(but it has to be stored for a time period that is greater than the existance of any society has existed for).
Both Eire and the Scandinavian countries are trying to stop nuclear waste from Windscale (oops sorry ) being dumped in the Irish Sea where it contaminates fish life
I am not being a Luddite here but if it is that safe lets bury it under the houses of parliament .

I think you will find that the decommissioned subs are now in Rosyth. I saw them there last year. There is even the very first one in dry dock (can’t remember the name but i’m sure its obvious). The guy who took me round the dockyard gave me the quick five min tour. The boat I went on was surrounded by the decommissioned S class.

Ali

Quite probably, but the sort of person that would do such a thing would probably still go ahead and do it nothwithstanding. The chances of detection must be fairly remote. I’m also told that the remains of German dead are much more likely to be treated in such a way then those of British or French dead.

I also watched the Trench Detective programme last night and found it very adsorbing. The approach of the team to their work was highly commendable.

There is still the legacy of the war out there. I was at the Herc Boogie in Belgium a few years ago and the guy spotting the jump got it totally wrong and most of us (120 in one pass) landed in France without passports or money. They took us all back to the border but the Germans they locked up overnight 😮 .

Ali