Visual Scanning for Collision Avoidance

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Given the importance of seeing other canopies to avoid collisions, I found the material linked below to be helpful. The presentation is for pilots, so there is some material that is irrelevant to jumpers. However, there is much really good stuff in this presentation about how our eyes work (and DON'T work) and how to scan our environment to avoid collisions.

http://www.atpsafety.com/training/visual_scanning/

The choices we make have consequences, for us & for others!

[kunosoura 0]

Very cool. I found the eye physiology material interesting. Thank you.

[Rugby82 0]

Thanks for the post. Learned something new.

Blue skies!

[Skyper 0]

very interesting is the statement that the most midair collisions happend during the landing pattern (and final approach) at low altitudes. Does someone know if this is also the case for parachutes?

[DocPop 1]

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very interesting is the statement that the most midair collisions happend during the landing pattern (and final approach) at low altitudes. Does someone know if this is also the case for parachutes?

From here http://www.uspa.org/USPAMembers/Safety/CanopySafetyDiscussion/tabid/495/Default.aspx:

"Canopy Collisions—38 fatalities, some caused by being too close on deployment but most are collisions at pattern altitudes. High-performance approaches resulting in striking slower-flying canopies are on the rise."

"The ground does not care who you are. It will always be tougher than the human behind the controls."

~ CanuckInUSA

[Bertt 0]

Maybe the moderators could "sticky" this for a while ??

You don't have to outrun the bear.

[Skyper 0]

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From here http://www.uspa.org/USPAMembers/Safety/CanopySafetyDiscussion/tabid/495/Default.aspx:

"Canopy Collisions—38 fatalities, some caused by being too close on deployment but most are collisions at pattern altitudes. High-performance approaches resulting in striking slower-flying canopies are on the rise."

Thank you Doc.

This video is good.