Skydiving
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I once asked a pilot why anyone would jump from a perfectly good airplane.
He looked at me and said " who told you this was a good airplane".
He looked at me and said " who told you this was a good airplane".
Tried it and liked it.
Sex in the air ? Never heard of it.
With two people and two chutes, you are asking for an accident.
Who knows maybe the best chance is to get an instructor harness which allows two people to go on the same chute.
Sex in the air ? Never heard of it.
With two people and two chutes, you are asking for an accident.
Who knows maybe the best chance is to get an instructor harness which allows two people to go on the same chute.
I've actually thought about it. I realized that it's not the fall that would kill me but rather the sudden stop!
Re: three types of jumps
I tried accelerated freefall on my first jump from 8000 feet. I loved it. You are hanging of a ledge outside the plane and you give the nod for the go ahead and you jump back.
Static line sucks because you don't get to experience acceleration for very long. Ditto for tandem; who wants a goon on your back? Plus, you want to land it yourself.
Not true. How fast you fall is a combination of weight to surface area. Terminal velocity can be much faster than 120 mph for a single jumper depending on your position and skill. Some can fall at over 200 mph (head down position). You can NOT fall faster with more jumpers, and in fact it is the opposite b/c of the increased surface area.
I tried accelerated freefall on my first jump from 8000 feet. I loved it. You are hanging of a ledge outside the plane and you give the nod for the go ahead and you jump back.
Static line sucks because you don't get to experience acceleration for very long. Ditto for tandem; who wants a goon on your back? Plus, you want to land it yourself.
fridrikk said:
Not true. How fast you fall is a combination of weight to surface area. Terminal velocity can be much faster than 120 mph for a single jumper depending on your position and skill. Some can fall at over 200 mph (head down position). You can NOT fall faster with more jumpers, and in fact it is the opposite b/c of the increased surface area.
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