a218@mindlink.UUCP (Charlie Gibbs) (11/21/90)
Not too far off topic, one day I was doing a floater exit when the zipper on my jumpsuit let go just as we left. I had this feeling of things coming loose, followed by instant paranoia until I figured out what happened. Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.UUCP "There I was at 2200 feet under a streamer! So I quickly reset my altimeter, deployed my apex, and made a DC on the DZ with my PC."
cap@ifi.unizh.ch (11/21/90)
In article <1990Nov17.003424.1117@athena.mit.edu> jnrees@athena.mit.edu (Jim Rees) writes: > >I believe something like this happened to a cameraman at one of the >recent Thai boogies. He forgot to hook up the chest strap, and as the >last one out of a large tailgate on a large formation he was in a >steep track until his rig blew right off his back. If this is >inaccurate, there was an article about the incident in Skydiving >Magazine. > >Too bad for the guy in Hawaii. I occassionally have dreams of this >kind of thing happening, and it really makes me remember to get an >equipment check on every load. > Phewewewew - I nearly succeeded ending up in a similar situation when starting to jump squares several years ago. I used to jump rounds before that and a hard tension on the chest strap gave me the idea that I had it fastened. That was okay for the rounds, but the square was in a gear with a velcro on the chest strap. So I just fastened the strap with the velcro, everything looked alright, I felt that tension and boarded the plane. It was my instructor who happened to find out, that I did close the strap just using the velcro - and that I had a totally wrong routing of the strap. Hm. . -- * Dr. Clemens H. CAP cap@ifi.unizh.ch Phone +01 257-4326 * Dept. of Computer Science University of Zurich Winterthurerstr. 190 * CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland #include<disclaimer.h> #exclude <flames.h> * !!! BOYCOTT LOTUS AND APPLE AS LONG AS THEY MAKE LOOK_AND_FEEL LAWSUITS !!!
nraoaoc@nmt.edu (Daniel Briggs) (11/21/90)
In article <1990Nov20.213144.10267@ifi.unizh.ch> cap@ifi.unizh.ch writes: >In article <1990Nov17.003424.1117@athena.mit.edu> jnrees@athena.mit.edu (Jim Rees) writes: >>I believe something like this happened to a cameraman at one of the >>recent Thai boogies. He forgot to hook up the chest strap, and as the >>last one out of a large tailgate on a large formation he was in a >>steep track until his rig blew right off his back. > >Phewewewew - I nearly succeeded ending up in a similar situation >[...] I had a totally wrong routing of the strap. A friend of mine in fact did exactly that. She had buckled the chest strap, but somehow the webbing was not threaded through the buckle correctly, and the chest mount altimeter obscured the misthread. Friction held it in place, and she jumped it. It came undone in freefall, and scared the hell out of her. She folded both arms across her chest and (somehow) pulled her main. It deployed normally and she landed safely. Still, it must have been a real eye opener! -- This is a shared guest account, please send replies to dbriggs@nrao.edu (Internet) ["Life's a Beech, and then you Dive."] Dan Briggs / NRAO / P.O. Box O / Socorro, NM / 87801 (U.S. Snail)