warpedskydiver 0 #1 September 8, 2009 Using a paraglider he swooped to drop prizes and nailed six people including some small kids. Not cool! You can take yourself out, but never, NEVER take someone with you. http://www.comcast.net/video/parachuter-slams-into-crowd/1245791552/Comcast/1245718581/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #2 September 8, 2009 That video wouldn't play for me, but this one does: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIDTWuH8VJM"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
jtval 0 #3 September 8, 2009 Quote That video wouldn't play for me, but this one does: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIDTWuH8VJM WTF!!My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #4 September 8, 2009 Thanks! The guy who did it was Damon Martin of Heber Utah. Way to go A-hole Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ketia0 0 #5 September 8, 2009 Why did it just go down like that? did he stall?"In this game you can't predict the future. You just have to play the odds. "-JohnMitchell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #6 September 8, 2009 Never under estimate the stupidity of people in large groups or people under parachutes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #7 September 8, 2009 Listening to the audio portion it appears he lost control by trying to throw the candy or whatever and then chopped power and nosed up, then applied power in the nose down attitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ketia0 0 #8 September 8, 2009 CNN) — A motorized parachute crashed into a crowd at a Labor Day festival in Hooper, Utah, injuring at least six people including children, authorities said. The parachute was operated by a man and his son who were both on the aircraft, but neither was injured when it dropped to the ground amid spectators. Scores of people had gathered Monday for what was to have been a candy drop from the motorized parachute, according to Lt. Lonnie Eskelson of the Weber County, Utah, Sheriff’s Department. Video from the incident showed the small craft in the air, approaching the crowd, when it quickly lost altitude and came down as spectators ran for safety. Six people were taken to are hospitals, including two sisters, 4 and 5 years old, authorities said. The 5-year-old was being treated Monday night at Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, for a leg fracture, Eskelson said, while her sister was treated and released. A 3-year-old also was being treated at the center Monday night. The other injured spectators were treated and released, Eskelson said."In this game you can't predict the future. You just have to play the odds. "-JohnMitchell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #9 September 8, 2009 And there was the idiot who crashed the Evander Holyfield fight a few years back with a paraglider. Got the shit beat out of him by ringsiders too."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrwrong 0 #10 September 8, 2009 QuoteWhy did it just go down like that? did he stall? Aren't you supposed to apply some "brake" at the same time you apply throttle in order to get a powered glider to climb???? Where is shropshire when you need his knowledge?“The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.” - George Bernard Shaw He who dies with the most toys, wins..... dudeist skydiver # 19515 Buy quality and cry once! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrophyHusband 0 #11 September 8, 2009 QuoteWhy did it just go down like that? did he stall? it did not stall, and he did not apply the brakes. i'm wondering if he's even allowed to fly over spectators in the first place. would this event be more like a demo, where you can't fly your canopy over spectators under a certain altutude, or like a day at the dz? "Your scrotum is quite nice" - Skymama www.kjandmegan.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #12 September 8, 2009 However you look at it, he is going to get creamed with a handful of lawsuits... "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_squared431 0 #13 September 8, 2009 The news piece I heard last night said that the wind was a factor in why he lost control and hit the spectators. Was that not the case?TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ketia0 0 #14 September 8, 2009 Whatever the case is, its on the TV news. I was just sitting here at work and heard the screams from the kids ( yes, they played that part) from the TV in our control room. I got asked alot of questions about it, because nobody here knows anything about parachuting.. but.. i dont know thaaat much either.. just that this kind of act is unacceptable in our world! "In this game you can't predict the future. You just have to play the odds. "-JohnMitchell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ion01 2 #15 September 8, 2009 Wow! why couldn't he have his passenger drop the candy. And since when is it a good idea to fly anything over a crowd of people. For goodness sakes when we fly anything at an RC airfield we don't even fly our little foam ones over people much less the 40lbs ones. We do candy drops to but knowone can go out until the craft that dropped the candy has landed someplace else. He is lucky he didn't kill anyone! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrophyHusband 0 #16 September 8, 2009 QuoteThe news piece I heard last night said that the wind was a factor in why he lost control and hit the spectators. Was that not the case? reguardless of wind, when you are heading towards the ground too fast, you flair. i really hope he publicly tells his side of the story. "Your scrotum is quite nice" - Skymama www.kjandmegan.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #17 September 8, 2009 i bet he didn't file a NOTAM....silly sort of thing to be doing, in the first place... one could stand ON THE GROUND,,, and toss candy to a crowd...to dump it on them from the air, is asking for trouble....I've seen a few people who buy these rigs,,, Often from someone ELSE, ( who only flew it 3 or 4 times,, and had the crap scared outta them ) have not very many,,, hours on them, and sometimes such pilots consider themselves, experts, IF they have 5 hours,,,, and a half a dozen take off and landings...anyway. do not really know the experience level of THIS guy,, but his 'common sense ' level is low... jt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Misternatural 0 #18 September 8, 2009 Yep- never underestimate the sheer idiocy of grown men....... "candy drops" are a common event at fly in's and such, there is also the "accuracy bean bag drop" and the "air parade" where a collection of nubile pilots do repeated fly by's around and around the pattern....that amateur fuckery seems like a fun idea around crowds until someone hay bales it and looses an eye. One time for kicks we actually practiced shooting a paint ball gun at standup ground targets- from a two place powered parachute when the air field was empty.......the pilot got distracted by the target shooting and nearly left wheel marks on our club trailer.... we promptly parked it and that's the LAST time we tried that foolishness. The funny part was when the club VP discovered all the broken and paint ball stained targets.....he was like "WTF happened here!!????" Beware of the collateralizing and monetization of your desires. D S #3.1415 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #19 September 9, 2009 QuoteQuoteWhy did it just go down like that? did he stall? Aren't you supposed to apply some "brake" at the same time you apply throttle in order to get a powered glider to climb???? Where is shropshire when you need his knowledge? Sorry, I have no knowledge of Powered Canopy flight, so can't comment ... other than the pilot is an arse!! (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrwrong 0 #20 September 9, 2009 Ohh... I just thought you did that shit as well [Edit to add] Powered chutes I mean, not creaming spectators “The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.” - George Bernard Shaw He who dies with the most toys, wins..... dudeist skydiver # 19515 Buy quality and cry once! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davelepka 4 #21 September 9, 2009 QuoteThe news piece I heard last night said that the wind was a factor in why he lost control and hit the spectators. Was that not the case? That's a negative ghostrider. If you watch the video, you can clearly see the canopy pitch up, and level off just before it dives into the crowd. Let's remember that a powered parachute is still a parachute. Think about what happens when you apply brakes to your canopy, and then let them up, your canopy dives to recover the lost airpseed. Tandem instructors do this all the time to 'swoop' their tandems. They go into brakes at 50 or 60 feet, then let them up and use the speed from the resulting dive to get a little swoop from their canopy. This was poor piloting all the way. At a minimum, he should have held the brakes and added power. He might have been able to climb out of the situation, but if not at least he would have mushed into the crowd nose high with a mostly vertical component as opposed to driving through the crowd with high forward speed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #22 September 9, 2009 But someone always tries to raise the excuse of the phantom "gust of wind." I've heard that used many, many times trying to explain bad piloting of all sorts of aircraft. I think it's used to BS the whuffos. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_squared431 0 #23 September 9, 2009 I haven't seen the video, all I heard was a brief news blurb and then what was posted here.TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdthomas 0 #24 September 11, 2009 Having worked in the PPC industry for at the time was the largest company ( Powrachute) i have to say that this incident does not at all suprise me. While working at the company i saw many wrecked PPC's come back to the shop for repair. these guys always wanted to be pilots but never did become pilots and they purcahsed a PPC and suddenly found themselves scared and in a panic. I saw one guy go for his first flight from our shop and cart wheel the machine on take off because he ran into a ditch at the end of the property line..... he was not gaining lift on take off so he just kept going accross the ground until he hit the dicth, we sat on 80 acres of land! fing idiot. And these guys wondered why FAA steped in and made them comply with sport pilot instead of just buying and flying. Joewww.greenboxphotography.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #25 September 11, 2009 QuoteUsing a paraglider he swooped to drop prizes and nailed six people including some small kids. Not cool! You can take yourself out, but never, NEVER take someone with you. http://www.comcast.net/video/parachuter-slams-into-crowd/1245791552/Comcast/1245718581/ "ParaPLANE" but still an Idiot! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
