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Who says the pilot didn't get out?
If ya look at the aircraft right after the Tandem exits, I think you can see someone else in freefall by the plane.
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If ya look at the aircraft right after the Tandem exits, I think you can see someone else in freefall by the plane.
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The_Don 0
That's what I thought.. It looks like he bailed.
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From the movements of the tandem pair, I'd bet the pilot was behind helping push them out and then followed.
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So the plane suffered some sort of catastrophic mechanical failure? Do you know what, exactly?
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No clue... I just googled.
Dave
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ryoder 1,400
QuoteFrom the movements of the tandem pair, I'd bet the pilot was behind helping push them out and then followed.
Don't you mean "the pilot was trying to get the hell out, and the tandem pair got in his way"?
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Wow, the airplane was only a month old.
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muff528 3
QuoteQuoteFrom the movements of the tandem pair, I'd bet the pilot was behind helping push them out and then followed.
Don't you mean "the pilot was trying to get the hell out, and the tandem pair got in hie way"?
Why would anyone want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane?
QuoteMost interesting to me was the short period of time between when the first group left and the plane started falling and when everyone got pinned that everyone was just sitting around looking at each other like "WTF?" Was the pilot telling them to stay in? It does look like at one point they got a "get the fuck out" from the pilot because the one guy shoos another out the door right before they got pinned.
Somebody please weigh in. Huge educational opportunity here...
That's not what happened, that's what was edited together for the show.
The first two-way on the step left as the plane stalled. The video cuts to a camera inside the plane, ten seconds behind the camera on the step. You can see the guy in the door is the same guy from both cameras. It's just a poor time-line in the editing, not a case of jumpers sitting around doing nothing.
If you notice from the inside video, as soon as the plane stalls, the jumpers are indeed pinned to the roof, and are probably working their way toward the door. I would also guess, based on the editing, that the other fun jumpers on board probably got out as well, but they didn't have a clear shot of those exits.
As for the pilot, who knows? There are a bunch of pilots in larger jumpships (larger than a 182/206) who don't wear bailout rigs. I've never seen one on a Caravan pilot, how about a PAC, any of those guys wear a rig?
If it is a Compair, it's a homebuilt similar in size to a PAC, can be powered by a piston or turbine engine, and I'm pretty sure they have pilot doors. Here's hoping he had a rig, and an easy time rolling out his door...
muff528 3
[reply..................... If it is a Compair, it's a homebuilt similar in size to a PAC, can be powered by a piston or turbine engine, and I'm pretty sure they have pilot doors. Here's hoping he had a rig, and an easy time rolling out his door...
From the pilotdave's translated page: "Update: the plane crashed, and the paratroopers jumped, one of which he took with him the pilot."
How many (including pilot) didn't get out? Was the pilot wearing a bailout rig? You can see the cameraman got out, and the other skydiver who was moving to the door gets chucked out right after the video guy gets out, but I didn't notice any other canopies.
Most interesting to me was the short period of time between when the first group left and the plane started falling and when everyone got pinned that everyone was just sitting around looking at each other like "WTF?" Was the pilot telling them to stay in? It does look like at one point they got a "get the fuck out" from the pilot because the one guy shoos another out the door right before they got pinned.
Somebody please weigh in. Huge educational opportunity here...
Elvisio "news to me" Rodriguez
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