Truculent 0 #1 June 23, 2010 Done a couple tandems, a few static lines and a few AFF jumps over the last few years. Had a premature opening on my last climb-out. Not fun. Nothing got damaged thank god. It's winter here so saving money. Hopefully make enough to finnish my A lic, do B-rells and get a cheap rig. That would be awesome. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
100LL 0 #2 June 23, 2010 welcome to the forum. glad to hear that nothing terrible happened with that incident. How did it occur? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluetwo 0 #3 June 23, 2010 Welcome home and glad you're getting back into the sport. I'm curious about the premature opening too!_______________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #4 June 24, 2010 Welcome to the forums! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Truculent 0 #5 June 25, 2010 Thanks for the warm welcome.The rigger assured me that the closing loop wasnt too long. The plane was having engine troubles on the ground (C-182 from the early 70's I think). Possibly during the multiple reboardings the pin partially pulled. And I don't remember a pin-check on final boarding. The instructor filmed the incident. The canopy was only inches from the rear horizontal. Lucky I was way out on the strut. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
