Boogie in Vietnam???

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Saw this link this morning:

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/lifestyle/2008/01/765857/
First ever skydiving festival
Vietnam Net Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:01 AM PST
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Authorities of the central province of Khanh Hoa on January 23 met with the Ba Ria / Vung Tau International Tourism Company about the organization of the International Nha Trang Skydiving Festival 2008.
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It is also linked on the Event Forum here:

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/calendar/page.cgi?g=Boogies%2Findex.html;d=1


Most Asian domains are blocked here for security and bandwidtch reasons. Can someone please have a look at this link and advise?

That actually sounds pretty interesting.

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Wow Vietnam? Thats really cool actually.

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From the website:

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An-26 is a big Russian-built tailgate twin-engine turboprop cargoplane. It's capable of carrying up to 80 jumpers. The An-26 has a tail wall that slides down and under the airplane, so the exit position feels like being "inside" the plane, and not on a tail ramp as for example on a C-130 Hercules where the tail door lowers and becomes a ramp "outside" the plane. This makes getting into an exit position easier than with C-130, as there is no strong airflow coming from the sides. But do beware of hitting the side walls of the plane during the exit.

The exit itself is like with any tailgate. Just jump backwards from the door, look up and arch a bit. The biggest issue with the An-26 is the airspeed. The airplane is flying almost 200mph on the jumprun and the props are very near to fuselage so it's like a jet exit.

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