I can't resist sharing a funny story. At Sun N'Fun I struck up a
conversation with an older looking gent who was wearing a ball cap with
the "US Army Rangers Paratrooper" insignia. I asked him how many jumps
he had made when he was in the military. He said "none............I
never jumped, I was pushed every time".
Regards,
Garry V. Stout
Flying trigear / 914 / 400 hours
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Kevin Hi!
>
> I just tried my Strong backpack model chute in my cockpit. With no
seat
> cushion behind I fit quite well. I am 6' tall. I plan to use it for
test
> flights and aerobatics. My wife says she would like one too!
I would recommend that both of you do at least one 'static line' jump to
get
a 'feel' of exiting an aircraft for real with parachute unless you've
already done it for real!
Even better a 'jump and pop'. Ripcord exit. Out, and a natural delay of
3
seconds.
I've been fortunate enough to do a few jumps and that first exit even
with a
static line is fairly confusing. Relying on self preservation to allow
you
to exit tidily, find Ripcord and land in one piece is worth long thought
and
maybe that recommended practice jump.
Often these emergency chutes are designed to be light and small. Descent
rates can be on the higher side of 'down! and understanding use of
steering
toggles to land into wind may save ground strike injury.
These comments are not meant to to obstructive or cause alarm, just an
observation that it ain't natural to leave an aircraft in flight!
Stopped jumping out of Aircraft when I observed our Jump Pilots T-Shirt
with
"I jumped out of a perfectly flying Airplane!" That focussed my mind!
Regards
Gerry
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