grue 1 #1 November 29, 2014 On Discovery Health right now… not sure if this is completely made up, or based on a real thing. Interesting if true, sounds like they were dragged by wind and skewered, didn't happen during the actual landing. Anyone know more?cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 60 #2 November 29, 2014 Watching, now.lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #3 November 29, 2014 Not sure if this is real or a re-enactment. Not for the squeamish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKwn1aeTuco"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 60 #4 November 29, 2014 That's crazy, if true! lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel99 616 #5 November 29, 2014 ryoder Not sure if this is real or a re-enactment. Not for the squeamish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKwn1aeTuco yikes. Seems legit, but 'most skydiving accidents that he hears of are fatalities'? That is a very uninformed statement...Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arvoitus 1 #6 November 29, 2014 ryoderNot sure if this is real or a re-enactment. Not for the squeamish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKwn1aeTuco I think its staged. Right in the beginning it says dramatization. Every time you see the injury its quick cut from an angle that doesn't completely reveal the fakery. Look at the way the pole is 'impaling' the student. Its basically lying on her side with some fake skin and blood on top of it. Also if you freeze frame to the side shot it seems that the pole that impales the student doesn't line up correctly to the pole coming from the instructors back.Your rights end where my feelings begin. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #7 November 29, 2014 Totally not the real thing, but a dramatization of what happened. Looked like the lady's injury was not a grievous as the instructors. But then I wonder how closely the make up artist followed the actual incident. Dragging in the wind on a tandem gone bad? That's what the cutaway handle is for. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #8 November 29, 2014 JohnMitchell Totally not the real thing, but a dramatization of what happened. Looked like the lady's injury was not a grievous as the instructors. But then I wonder how closely the make up artist followed the actual incident. Dragging in the wind on a tandem gone bad? That's what the cutaway handle is for. ................................................................................. Even better, quit jumping when you see the load ahead of you get dragged. This reminds me of an incident at Snowhomish 15 years ago. It was February with strong winds from the east. We just watched a solo jumper fracture his heel bone when he caught a rotor generated by the hangars just east of the bowl. There were only two TIs on duty that day. I said "I don't want to risk getting injured in these winds." The other TI said something similar, but it took the DZO ten minutes to make a decision. Eventually - after the both TIS repeated our position three or more times - the DZO sent the students home. Why did it take the DZO so long to decide? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #9 November 30, 2014 riggerrob Why did it take the DZO so long to decide? $$$$$ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
