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05-20-2021, 12:21 PM
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Re: Parachute Death in Southern Arizona
If it makes anyone feel more at ease about trying skydiving, which I highly recommend, its clear this was either a suicide or a guy who jumped without modern skydiving equipment. An AAD will automatically fire your reserve if you dont eventually throw something out. I dunno anyone who jumps without one anymore. For this to be an "accident" there should be a mess of tangled parachutes above him on the ground. -- No reserve out here = No AAD on rig / AAD turned off = suicide -- No pilot chute thrown = No attempt to deploy= suicide or idiot -- Main still in container = No malfunction to deal with -- Cutaway & reserve handles (Red thing + Silver Ring) both still in their pouches = never tried to cutaway or deploy reserve Either a case of suicide or loss of altitude awareness. Dude is laying on 2 good parachutes still folded on his back. No reason for this |
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05-20-2021, 05:40 PM
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Re: Parachute Death in Southern Arizona
When I was undergoing skydiving training, the students were always careful with their chutes. But we would see the guys who had 2000 jumps just roll their chutes up, and stick them back in their packs like they were stuffing laundry in a sack, and run out to the jump aircraft for their next jump. They didn't want to miss the next flight available. In fact, everyone in my training class commented on it. Of course, the chutes we used were packed by licensed parachute riggers who took their time. I guess those guys just counted on the reserve it something happened. Although we DID watch videos of inflight troubleshooting of parachute malfunctions, (something which I never thought was possible), covering everything from tangled lines to torn lanyards. The most amazing part of THOSE videos was you were watching someone who ACTUALLY JUMPED OUT OF AN AIRPLANE WITH A KNOWN DEFECTIVE CHUTE, so they could demonstrate how to cure the problem. (I had already decided while watching the videos that I was not experienced enough to mess with that BS, and that if I had a problem, I was just going to jettison the main chute, and then deploy the reserve chute, and that would be it.) |
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05-20-2021, 07:01 PM
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Re: Parachute Death in Southern Arizona
Skull, It was a joke. It was in the Arizona desert. It makes no difference. |
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05-21-2021, 03:41 AM
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Re: Parachute Death in Southern Arizona
Chiropractor's can't do shit for a dead body. Vitamin C is a myth, only the combined whole nutrients of fruit and vegetable do anything for the the alive body. He'd probably be cremated, no open casket, so he should be moved into a sun-like scenario after the preformed post-mortem examination.  |
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05-21-2021, 06:34 AM
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Re: Parachute Death in Southern Arizona
Okay doc, do you think defibrillator would work? Maybe there's still time ...
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