teri drao

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  2. · Edited by teri drao

    On 5/17/2021 at 8:24 PM, oldwomanc6 said:

    Well, if it is a bucket list item, do it sooner rather than later before you get brittle.

    Way past that point girl. LOL. Metal holds half of me together

  3. On October 5, 2012, the Swiss Marc Hauser set a first world record in speed tracking, a discipline he founded.[2] The measured ground speed was 188.9 mph (304 km/h) over the dropzone of Skydive Empuriabrava, Spain.[3] Only a specially adapted skydiving suit was used (no wingsuit, tracking suit, nor additional weights were used).[4]

    Safety[edit]

    Even though inexperienced jumpers often take part on tracking dives, the risks of such dives should not be underestimated. An efficient track can reach horizontal speeds of nearly 100 mph (one experienced diver was witnessed to keep pace with a twin-engine plane as it took off from DeLand Municipal Airport in 1995 thus registering his speed in excess of 115mph). Collisions with other groups or with members of one's own group would result in serious injury or death. For this reason the number of inexperienced jumpers on a tracking dive should be limited by the organizer.

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    My bucket list. BASE. Did bridge day many moons ago. Cave of Swallows and Angel Falls. Tom still doin it? Anybody? Any help appreciated. Have money. Will pay.  

  7. · Edited by teri drao

    On 5/11/2018 at 6:47 PM, Bob_Church said:

    A question in another thread got me to thinking about what canopies I've owned that felt the safest. I'd have to say that it was my Cruiselite. Whether we're talking about opening, getting you back, landing, any of it, I just never worried with that canopy.
    So what parachute do you remember, or have now, that made you worry the least?

    Sabre 1 150. 1 to 1 wl  200 jumps

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