jgvb@doc.ic.ac.uk (J G Von Boisman) (05/18/91)
Does anyone know at what DZ the tandem incident referred to recently in this newsgroup occurred ??????? (the one where the tandem JM got the drogue chute line around his neck and was saved by the cameraman) /johan von boisman jgvb@doc.ic.ac.uk -- Imperial College | jgvb@doc.ic.ac.uk | ``Du gamla, du fria of Science and | Johan von Boisman | du fj\"allh\"oga TeX-nology | London, UK | Nord \ldots ''
mnl@ukc.ac.uk (M.N.Leonard) (05/29/91)
In article <1991May18.143012.8532@doc.ic.ac.uk> jgvb@doc.ic.ac.uk (J G Von Boisman) writes: >Does anyone know at what DZ the tandem incident referred to recently in >this newsgroup occurred ??????? > >(the one where the tandem JM got the drogue chute line around his neck >and was saved by the cameraman) > >/johan von boisman >jgvb@doc.ic.ac.uk > The incident happened at Sibson aerodrome at Peterborough, I don't know who the Tandem Master was but the cameraman who dumped out the reserve was Ronnie O' Brien. Apparently he played down the melodrama when the media came to report the incident, hence the low profile news coverage. Hope this answers your question. Mike Leonard University of Kent at Canterbury Kent U.K. mnl@ukc.ac.uk