Demo team jumps into wrong stadium

[AggieDave 6]

Now this sounds typical of something a DZ.commer would pull off.

http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/stories/2008/08/30/men_parachute_football_game.html

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Men parachute into wrong football stadium

McClatchy Newspapers

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Duke officials were a bit surprised when, at 6 p.m. EDT on Saturday, about an hour before the scheduled kickoff of their game against James Madison, two men parachuted into Wallace Wade Stadium and landed at the 35-yard line with a game ball.

Problem was, the Blue Devils — who were warming up on the field along with their guests from Virginia — weren’t expecting it.

“All we know is, they must have missed their jump site,” a team official said.

And they did — because the jump site was meant to be about eight miles away.

North Carolina was scheduled to receive the game ball for its contest against McNeese State via an aerial team at about that time in Chapel Hill.

According to UNC assistant athletic director for promotions Michael Beale, the plane was in the air, but the jumpers from Virginia-based Aerial Adventures opted to cancel the leap into Kenan Stadium because of a severe weather front — which would later delay both games.

Evidently, when the clouds eventually opened, the pilot thought they were over the correct stadium, and the skydivers jumped — realizing only when they landed in Wallace Wade that they were in the wrong place.

The two men immediately scrambled off the field with the game ball, and when UNC associate athletic director Rick Steinbacher was informed by a reporter of what had happened, he immediately called Duke officials to confirm the miscue, and offer his apologies.

“In about five years, maybe this will be funny,” Steinbacher said. “Right now, I’m just glad no one was hurt.”

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[virgin-burner 1]

hasnt the (in)ability to spot been criticized lately a couple of times?

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[flyhi 24]

Duke seems to have recovered nicely.

Shit happens. And it usually happens because of physics.

[shropshire 0]

Class act

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[zoobrothertom 5]

To bad they weren't jumping into James Madison University.

I did a demo at JMU in '85 during fraternity rush week with 82nd Demo team. JMU was an all girls univeristy until the mid 70's. It .... well, I'll save this one for the history and trivia forum someday.

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[quade 4]

Anybody know the organizer of the demo?

This thread is meaningless without names to publicly mock.

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[Remster 26]

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Now this sounds typical of something a DZ.commer would pull off

I dont think Skreamer has his PRO rating.

Remster

[3331 127]

It's rumored one of the jumpers landed of the Fifty Yard line.

I Jumped with the guys who invented Skydiving.

[Squeak 17]

I aksed this in the thread in bonfire, (and only got a tpyicali cocheese response)
Do demos there require a reccy jump in similar conditions?

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[wrightskyguy 1]

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Do demos there require a reccy jump in similar conditions?

***If you're asking if you need to make a recurrency jump into a stadium, the answer is no. There are currency requirements oulined in the SIM.

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[jimmytavino 16]

someone forgot to tell the pilot..." 90 right!!!and take it out, some more..."

jmy

[skydiverton2 0]

At least a good story to tell at the bonfire

Using your droque to gain stability is a bad habid.
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Also in case you jump a sport rig!!!

[JohnDeere 0]

It wasnt Twardo was it??? Maybe he can tell us this story in the Scary story from the old day thread

Nothing opens like a Deere!

You ignorant fool! Checks are for workers!

[JerryBaumchen 1,271]

Hi Aggie,

Just one question: Was Ted Mayfield involved in this demo? It sounds like one of his.

JerryBaumchen

[mrbiceps 0]

With gps s around how they missed it by 8 miles is beyond me.

[NickDG 23]

Poor ground crew . . .

Probably walking around today with stiff necks.

NickD

[BillyVance 34]

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Hi Aggie,

Just one question: Was Ted Mayfield involved in this demo? It sounds like one of his.

JerryBaumchen

I was thinking maybe the skyride demo guys screwed up again.

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[SansSuit 1]

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With gps s around how they missed it by 8 miles is beyond me.

Every waiver I've ever received from the FAA included the following provision:

"The holder of this Certificate of Authorization must position at least one person on the ground in the landing area to perform ground control duties. Ground control must have and utilize a means of constant communication with the jump aircraft. Direct two-way radio shall be the primary means of communication. In the event two-way radio communication is lost, a visual means of communication must be available that is capable of being identified and understood by the jumpers from the jump aircraft, and that will clearly indicate to jump or not to jump."

Maybe their FSDO has different waivers than mine does.

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[normiss 723]

You get "waivers" from the FAA???
The FAA guy I always deal with gives me shit for calling it a waiver.
"You're not waiving anything and neither is the FAA! These demo jumps are made ""in accordance with"" not ""waivers from""!!!

But your quoted comments ARE what I get from them as well.

[riggerrob 600]

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Poor ground crew . . .

Probably walking around today with stiff necks.

NickD

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Reminds me of the time I was ground crew for a demo jump into a football game between University of Ottawa and Dalhousie University.
The pilot lined up the Beech 18 on the wrong stadium.
Fortunately the spotter told him "right 180 and try again."
That load landed in the correct stadium.

[billeisele 130]

working in a 6,000 person corporation sure generates a lot of questions and jokes when some of them know you are a skydiver

"i thought you said you guys could hit a 10 cm target - I guesed they moved it 8 miles and forgot to tell ya' - ha, ha"

when will we know the names of these knuckleheads so I can refer all questions to them?

Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.

[AggieDave 6]

I don't have the names, I pulled the story off of Fark.com and posted it here. I'm willing to bet those names will be a closely guarded secret for a little bit, if for no other reason then the extreme embarrassment.

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[riddler 0]

Almost as amusing as the goofed demo - the typical ignorant media response.

Attached is the article from the front-page of the Sports section of the Denver Post.

Anyone want to point out what's wrong with the article?

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[AggieDave 6]

They also used old stock swooping photos for their article about swoop week. They had a picture of Kevin Love in full WPST garb and David Billings in all green. Well, David still wears all green, but it was an old picture.

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[BGill 0]

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Anyone want to point out what's wrong with the article?

Yeah I didn't realize it was a BASE demo.