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Heya all,
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Jumper exited the aircraft at 3300ft in relative stable position. After 3 seconds of freefall, at the pull time and while pulling the ripcord, student rotated along his longitudinal axis. At that time he was at his left side, and his back to the ground.
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a tandem pair turned too low to the ground to recover level flight before impact. The pair impacted the ground still in a descending turn. The student, a woman making her first skydive, suffered extensive injuries and died the next day at the hospital. Th
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Heya all, NameMedia has appointed someone to head up the 3 sites they acquired from us. Jay is an avid outdoor enthusiast and has been participating in online forums and communities for many years. I know Jay from over at Rockclimbing.com - he's "good people". Jay is committed to growing and improving Dropzone.com. He understands the value, fun, camaraderie and (sometimes) frustrations that come with being part of an online community. Engage him in your discussions, share your thoughts and ideas and let him know how what you like and what you'd like to change or improve on Dropzone.com. We're excited to have a dedicated person assigned to these sites and we're very much looking forward to how he'll help move this community forward. HIM, HIM.... Safe swoops Sangiro
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Heya all, NameMedia has appointed someone to head up the 3 sites they acquired from us. Jay is an avid outdoor enthusiast and has been participating in online forums and communities for many years. I know Jay from over at Rockclimbing.com - he's "good people". Jay is committed to growing and improving Dropzone.com. He understands the value, fun, camaraderie and (sometimes) frustrations that come with being part of an online community. Engage him in your discussions, share your thoughts and ideas and let him know how what you like and what you'd like to change or improve on Dropzone.com. We're excited to have a dedicated person assigned to these sites and we're very much looking forward to how he'll help move this community forward. Safe swoops Sangiro
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Jumper tracked away from a 30 way skydive but had a hard opening that released one brake line. The jumper had previously unknown heart disease and the combo of this and the hard opening left him incapacitated. The canopy spiraled into the ground before he
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Jumper was doing a demo into a soccer field and collided with a light pole on his approach. He fell onto spectators whom he killed one and seriously injured others and he suffered fatal injuries from the fall.
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Jumper as on a 2-way RW jump from 4000m, perfect disengagement at 1500m but there was no attempt at pulling either canopy before the jumper hit the ground. This jumper did not use an AAD ,there is possibly health issues involved in this incident.
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Jumper in the Static Line program opened and had a main malfunction that he cutaway from and then had a reserve malfunction that he was not able to correct before hitting the ground.
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The jumper opened normally, flew a regular pattern, then at 150 meters started turning and impacted after 3 or 4 rotations.
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Jumper was doing a demo into a local airshow and on opening he had a toggle get loose and the canopy started to spin. He failed to fix the malfunction and rode the spinning canopy to the ground here he crashed into a roof at a nearby house.
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Jumper was on final approach on one of his coach jumps when he was struck under canopy by an experienced skydiver. The jumpers remained in a canopy wrap until they hit the ground. The other jumper suffered serious injuries from this collision.
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Jumper was following along a tandem that he brought to the DZ. In freefall the Tandem Instructor said he seemed disoriented and tracked off early. The jumper failed to deploy either canopy prior to impacting the ground. Medical issues are suspected to hav
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Jumper suffered fatal injuries during a hard landing.
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The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled. Safe swoops Sangiro -
The accident happened on the first training day of the European Swooping Event 2008 on Lake Bussloo Beach near drop zone Teuge, in the Netherlands. The 30 year old Portuguese, an experienced skydiver and swooper, probably made a misjudgment and executed
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Skydiver wearing a BASE rig (single paracute)jumping into a backyard demo exited a helicopter at approx 2500 feet in a wingsuit and flew the suit until approx 500 for deployment. At ~500 feet he attempted to deploy but was unable to extract the pilot chut
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Uneventfull 4-way RW formation jump with separation as planned. Jumper did not open parachute. reserve opened through AAD. Fully functional Reserve canopy hits (unsteered) in powerline whereafter jumper hits ground from about 30 feet height. Several b
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Jumper was doing a recurrency hop and pop from 1400 meters, his last jump may have been as far as 10 years previous. Normal opening, steering inputs observed up to 150ft thereafter no visible inputs or reaction of the jumper. The canopy and ju
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Uneventfull 4-way RW formation jump with separation as planned. Jumper did not open parachute. reserve opened through AAD. Fully functional Reserve canopy hits (unsteered) in powerline whereafter jumper hits ground from about 30 feet height. Several b
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Jumper was rumored to be in a canopy collision at a low altitude. No further details.
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Swoop turn initiated too low to recover from before hitting the ground
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Jumper cutaway from what might have been a spinning line over and wrapped the deploying reserve bridle around his body. He was not able to clear this entanglement prior to hitting the ground.
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unclear press report says the student plummeted to the ground after a 4000m fall (13k ft) during his first solo jump. "he had a problem with his parachute and crashed to the ground" said the police
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Jumper was seen spinning out of control after releasing his main. Jumper cutaway the malfunctioning main and then pulled the reserve less than 200 feet from the ground. The canopy did not have time to open before hitting the ground.