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Skydiver and pilot here. A skydiving rig can't be used for paragliding. Also a skydiving rig is incredibly uncomfortable worn as pilot of the plane. Pilots
by base698 5y ago
Skydiver and pilot here. A skydiving rig can't be used for paragliding. Also a skydiving rig is incredibly uncomfortable worn as pilot of the plane.
Pilots use emergency parachutes that are smaller and designed to be used sitting in an airplane seat. Pilot rigs are used primarily for aerobatics.
The most suspect thing is jumping with a selfie stick.
- ehsankia 5y agoIt's already established that he's a Youtuber and has cameras, why would you not take all your cameras with you when jumping out of the plane? Not even for the cool factor, a gopro costs like over $500, why would you not take it with you?
- Syonyk 5y agoBecause if it were an actual emergency, survival is your main priority, "great footage of it" isn't a priority at all. And: (1) GoPros are a lot cheaper than $500. (2) GoPros are a lot cheaper than any flyable airplane. Of course, I wouldn't fly in a plane with a pilot who had and used a selfie stick in flight, so my judgement clearly isn't up to that of YouTube Famous Stars.
- ehsankia 5y ago(1) GoPro Hero10 has MSRP of 500$ (2) He (supposedly) couldn't save the plane, but taking the GoPro takes 5s. > used a selfie stick in flight Everyone keeps talking about selfie stick, it was just the normal leg attachment, not a "selfie stick": https://i.imgur.com/hOkcxOa.png https://i.imgur.com/hOkcxOa.png > "great footage of it" isn't a priority at all. Where is this "Great footage"? He's literally just holding the camera by the leg attachment. Half the falling footage is just his feet or chest, and that's already the heavily trimmed version, which I assume he only kept the better part of the footage. Again, to me it just seems like he grabbed whatever he could quickly and jumped out, which is a natural instinct.