mikeyfred1

just a quick message to let everyone know that my dad is recovering. Hes still in a drug induced coma , due to the intense pain hes in.HEY DOES ANYONE HAVE A VIDEO OF WHAT HAPPENED?

Im looking for info on what happened to my dad on saturday evening at Eloy Arizona.supposedly my dad made a low turn at 10 -15 feet, Im just looking for the real story, maybe a video or something. Oh yeah by the way he is still alive but in critical condition with some internal injuries and a torn aorta.thanks, please help me.Mike

the same guy your thinking of is the same guy im talking about.hes a great guy but I think he overreacted.I took my grounding without an argument.I dont need to be blackballed from a dropzone that I only live 5 miles from

I was grounded before anyone even knew what really happened. the ST and A guy said that in the past hes seen that I havent been mindful of my own gear. my argument was that" why ground me when I was mindful of my own gear"and I had someone give me a gear check before we jumped,and in the end it wasnt my gear that failed.

I dont understand why my post was moved.The instructions say" serious incidents fatal or non fatal" jumping out of skyvans or casas ,during boogies or events is a big thing that everyone,new or experienced looks forward to attending.people should know and understand the seriousnes of getting snagged in any plane. during these incidents fatalities can occur not only with the jumper,but also with the whole group and crew on the plane.!

I wasnt on the ground more than 5 minutes,and I was grounded for 2 days

if your looking out from the back of the plane,the hackey along with mine was found on the right hand side.the pilots also said that 3 weeks before that that someone else found one on the left hand side

I was recently the victim of a premature deployment. Upon preparing for exit,I walked onto the hydraulic platform of the casa skyvan. I got the back of my container a little too close to the wall of the plane, and pinched my hackey between the metal and the fiberglass covering,that covered the walls.not realizing this happened I proceeded to exit the plane with another jumper.as we exited the plane, I experienced a sharp yank to one side,and while I was on my back,my d-bag deployed,and my parachute inflated.I had a couple of line twists and my risers were inverted but other than that I was ok. after I reached the ground and inspected my rig I realized the hackey was missing .I went to inspect the plane for my hackey and realized that not only was my hackey stuck in the plane.but there was another hackey stuck in there too.what could have turned out to be a fatality for me, or for the other jumper just turned out to be a scare.the lesson learned here is:planes are not snag proof , so just be mindful of where the back of your container is at all times.