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(Review ID:2112)

3 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

A must read !
Rated by: BUBLHED on 2008-12-23 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: The Parachute and Its Pilot in Unknown Tag: 'cat_linked'

Pros: A step by step guide for canopy flying, Beginning to advanced
Cons: none

Great read. As a airplane pilot I had never looked at the aerodynamics of canopy flight in the same way. This book teaches you exactly what is going on in flight and why. It makes it easy to understand and easy to read without being dull. Brian gives some examples of his own damaging mistakes and why they happened. It moves from the basics of flight all the way through advanced swooping and evasive maneuvers. It is laid out in such a fashion that it could easily be used as a workbook/checklist to take your canopy piloting as far as you would like to go. Whenever I see video of a swoop gone bad. Now all I can think is that if they would have read this book and followed Brians practice drills, sudden decelaration syndrome might have been avoided. Whether your a beginner or an experienced jumper get this book. I can honestly say I learned more from this book about canopy flight than in all my training at the Dz. Thanks B.G.

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(Review ID:1967)

15 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

you think you know about canopies til you read this
Rated by: 377 on 2008-04-03 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: The Parachute and Its Pilot in Unknown Tag: 'cat_linked'

Pros: Chock-full of useful even essential information
Cons: a bit pricey but worth it

Brian is a strange hybrid in that he is kind of a psychologist at heart, but also a self taught aero engineer who is obsessed with canopy design and flight analysis. This book ROCKS! Brian writes very clearly and the book has many helpful illustrations. When you are finished you will have a whole new outlook on how canopies work and how to fly them. Many well accepted teachings about canopy flight are actually wrong. For example if you have turned too low and are going to impact hard in a banked attitude in asecond or two, many say you should level the canopy. That is bad advice and Brian will tell you why. This dude understands lift, drag, statics, dynamics and vectors better than many degreed engineers. He puts it all to work for you in the book. For all Brian's teachings about how to fly and land safely, you'd think he'd be injury free....well HARDLY. Brian has had his bones broken many many times doing extreme things under a canopy. I guess he just cannot practice what he preaches. Buy the book, it will make you a better canopy pilot and it might even save your life.

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(Review ID:1611)

6 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

Took away the mystery and increased my enjoyment of flight
Rated by: SlashDog on 2006-08-01 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: The Parachute and Its Pilot in Unknown Tag: 'cat_linked'

Pros: Easy read, will make you a better canopy pilot!
Cons: Can't jump with it.

Since reading this work, I understand what I can and can't do under canopy, so I am free to enjoy the process of learning to fly. I've started feeling more in control of my approaches and landings. My coach has commented that I have made recent leaps in my canopy contol and that I am now "flying the canopy all the way down to the ground" even in my recent first crosswind. Great book!

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(Review ID:1264)

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

Everyone should read this
Rated by: johnnyboydan on 2005-04-22 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: The Parachute and Its Pilot in Unknown Tag: 'cat_linked'

Pros: explains all
Cons: none

This is a great read for those with experience or not. Everone who plans on flying a high speed parachute should read every last page.

Good job Brian.

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(Review ID:1124)

7 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

This book is AWSOME.
Rated by: nate_1979 on 2004-11-24 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: The Parachute and Its Pilot in Unknown Tag: 'cat_linked'

Pros: Loved it, Kept me interested, LEARNED ALOT!
Cons: None... GREAT book

I have read a couple of books, this book is by far one of my favorites.. I have already read it 3 times, and each time I pick up something that I missed the first two times, the author has done a GREAT job keeping the book interesting, it will make you laugh while you learn a TON about how the parachute works.. Learning HOW the parachute works has helped me a ton with flying the parachute, I have learned WHY we do the things we do instead of the "this is just how we do it" knowledge that I had before. I have become more comfortable and relaxed under canopy following recomendations stated in the book for learning your parachute. I could go on and on, but I have recomended this book to quite a few of my friends, and the few that have gotten it have also liked it.. GREAT JOB.

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