kingbunky 3 #1 June 17, 2002 calgary herald articleblue skies...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~bunkyget crazy, before it gets you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iflyme 0 #2 June 17, 2002 This drop zone is becoming notorious ... too many "incidents" there over the years.BSBD"There's nothing new under the sun" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #3 June 17, 2002 The way that article reads someone "Plunges to their death" once a week or so.......assholes. Nothing like dirt poisoning to ruin your day. BSBD"Here I come to save the BOOBIES!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #4 June 17, 2002 QuoteThis drop zone is becoming notorious ... too many "incidents" there over the years.Five deaths in thirteen years is "notorious"? imho, that's pretty normal for a busy dz...My condolences to his friends and family...pull & flare,lisa"Try not. Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda sez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jasmin 0 #5 June 17, 2002 The media is rarely our friend, they love the sensationalism and stereotype of skydiving too much....As for five deaths in 13 years, we were very very lucky and had none at our DZ in 15 years....followed by 2 in one day (double mal [reserve and main] & a suicide) followed a few months later by a cypress save.For those who're so inconsiderate and selfish to as to insult all of us by committing suicide jumping, damn you!!! Y'anyways, accidents happen, but we risk that every time we jump, and as the famous quote says: "Everything is sweetened by risk."To the calgary jumpers, best wishes.Blue skies forever..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #6 June 17, 2002 Quotefor a busy dz...remember, this is Canada, CESSNA only, and not 4 of them, and not full jumping days 7 days a week. It may have change in the last couple of years, but when I lived in Alberta, that DZ is mostly a 1st jump / student DZ.Blue skies....RemsterMuff 914 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tumble 0 #7 June 17, 2002 http://www.canada.com/calgary/story.asp?id={D30FD31C-8361-4785-8C00-84F04B1284D8} Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobbes4star 0 #8 June 17, 2002 blue skies....."great achievement comes only at great risk" the Dalai Lama Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iflyme 0 #9 June 17, 2002 QuoteFive deaths in thirteen years is "notorious"? imho, that's pretty normal for a busy dz...Well I've never been there myself, but I have talked with a few people who have... including a jumper who was injured during her first skydive -- when she was wearing a video camera! After some of the stories I've heard, it's unlikely I'll jump at that dz if I'm ever in Calgary. Have you ever been there Lisa, of talked to anyone who jumps there? "There's nothing new under the sun" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #10 June 17, 2002 It's very disturbing that of those 5 fatalities, 3 of them were first time jumpers. Kind of makes me wonder about their FJC...Blues to the departed...cielos azules y cerveza fría-Kevin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gale 0 #11 June 17, 2002 Well, I have no first hand knowledge of this dz but I've been told the following:This particular dz is not affiliated with the CSPA, and this could account for some differences. Also, from what people tell me this place is nortorious. When you look at the fatalities in all of Canada the staticstical likelyhood of theirs occuring in one little dz seems pretty unlikely. Like I said, I have no first hand knowledge of the situation but around here it's got a pretty bad reputation. This is not to say that they were to blame here. I really wouldn't know. My condolences are sent to everyone effected.GaleIsn't life the strangest thing you've ever seen? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
