fudd 0 #1 September 30, 2002 It's so funny reading whuffo statements about skydiving. What's you're favorite? Here is one from http://www.turnto10.com/news/1693515/detail.html QuoteNormally a chute would be pulled at 3,000 feet but a supervisor said Costa pulled her chute at 4,500 feet and overshot the landing area... Skydiving is really hard. Pull to high and you will fly past the landing area... *** Warm thoghts and wish of a speedy recovery to the unfortunate skydiver! *** There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #2 September 30, 2002 > Skydiving is really hard. Pull to high and you will fly past the >landing area... Laugh if you will. When I was younger and dumber, we'd regularly jump in winds that would have us backing up on landing (especially under my Pursuit 215.) If you opened too high you would NOT make the landing area. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luke 0 #3 September 30, 2002 QuoteIf you opened too high you would NOT make the landing area. Especially true on rounds. As a student I pulled at 4.5k instead of 2k and instead of landing at the dz the uppers had me backing up 4-5 miles away, over national grid power lines, a very busy fast road and a river. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luna 0 #4 September 30, 2002 Oh, I love reading funny whuffo questions. I just heard one Saturday that I haven't read anywhere before. He was getting trained to do a tandem, and was wondering how the main deployed. His paraphrased question was "So, do you just fall to that place where the air gets thick enough that it gives the drogue enough resistance to pull the main out?" I had to crack up over that one. Luna I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #5 September 30, 2002 My favorite: "Nice pictures, but you couldn't pay me to jump out of an airplane in a raft...I'm no tard." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
