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Community Forum · Est. 2006
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07-21-2019, 02:06 PM
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 ⋆Bunnylord⋆ Poster Rank:49 HAVE YANNI SPAY OR NEUTERED! Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 30,751
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Re: Training Parachutist Dies when Dust Devil Causes Him to Crash into Mountainside
What! Are these effing "dust devil" things invisible? Like Predator |
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07-21-2019, 03:33 PM
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 My Rank: CORPORAL Poster Rank:1337 Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 450 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 47 Post(s)
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Re: Training Parachutist Dies when Dust Devil Causes Him to Crash into Mountainside
Not a parachute. It's a paraglider. No dust devil. He tried to penetrate very strong ridge lift and his wing collapsed in the downdraft. Paragliders have no rigid frame to keep the airfoil stable so they collapse in turbulence. A hang glider would not have this issue and that's why I hand glide and say no to paragliders.
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07-22-2019, 02:09 AM
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 My Rank: LANCE CORPORAL Poster Rank:1957 Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 257 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 25 Post(s)
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Re: Training Parachutist Dies when Dust Devil Causes Him to Crash into Mountainside
I know statistically sky diving isn't that dangerous if properly trained; but it's not a set of dice I wanna roll.
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