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Back in the mid-2000s some friends and I jumped at a place in rural Ohio. We took an instructional vhs course for a few hours and were allowed to jump solo wit

by ratg13 3y ago

Back in the mid-2000s some friends and I jumped at a place in rural Ohio. We took an instructional vhs course for a few hours and were allowed to jump solo with no previous experience. The airplane hangar had a ‘wall of death’ that went to the ceiling listing everyone that died there. I was afraid of heights at the time as well. That said, it was a great experience and have no regrets.

14 3y ago
My first jump was a solo one as well and was so awesome. They literally instruct you to climb out and hang off the wind of the plane before letting go and they throw your drag shoot out the door behind you. What a rush. As for this article really if you are going tandem there is nothing you really need to know in a video because the guy flying with you is going to tell you exactly that anyways before you go up as it is just as much about his safety. And there really isn’t much instruction. That being said it does seem like this place has a higher than normal death rate so I do think regulations should require more data collected like number of jumps per year and any accidents thoroughly investigated. Sounds like the Korean guy did not deploy his shoot correctly? I mean how did they tangle up? If main shoot was tangled did he not release it first before deploying reserve or how did this happen? You punch out the main then punch the reserve so it should have cleared. If it did not why did it not? That should be investigated just like a plane crash and then learn from mistakes. The attitude of this business just stinks of recklessness.
Arrath 3y ago
My only skydiving regret was doing it from an outfit near Taft, CA so I descended from the heavens back into....Taft.
WalterBright 3y ago
I did the parachute jump thing long ago, mainly to deal with my fear of it. It was a static line thing, where you climbed out onto a peg under the wing, with your ripcord attached to the airplane. You just let go. The static line was about 300 ft long so you fell a bit before the chute automatically opened. Anyhow, all went well, and I received a heluva rush. But that was it for me, didn't want to do it again. P.S. if you climbed out onto the peg, you weren't coming back in. The instructors made it clear that it was too dangerous to try, and the airplane couldn't land with you on the peg. So they showed us a piece of pipe they'd use if you tried to climb back in or wouldn't let go.
- anon291 3y ago
  > to deal with my fear of it. Not every fear needs to be pathologized. It's good to hear freefall from miles above the earth. I mean... "I cut my finger off to deal with the fear of it" is a ridiculous statement, but for some reason it's okay here. I'm proud to fear skydiving .
  - fl7305 3y ago
    Fear of heights is not the same thing at all as fear of flying.
- pests 3y ago
  This reminds me of military line jumps. Every so often the line doesn't deploy right and the jumper is just flapping in the wind hitting the side of the plane banging around. The old protocol was just to cut the line and let them deploy as normal but now they have a whole device to try to pull them back in. I've heard sometimes the damage is much worse cause you spend more time in the air and hitting the plane. Saw a video of it once where the device took forever to deploy and you just heard a constant banging from the back. Sounded horrible. I guess this system was started because someone has their line cut and was already unconscious and didn't survive the landing or was seriously injured.

by ratg13 3y ago

14 3y ago

My first jump was a solo one as well and was so awesome. They literally instruct you to climb out and hang off the wind of the plane before letting go and they throw your drag shoot out the door behind you. What a rush. As for this article really if you are going tandem there is nothing you really need to know in a video because the guy flying with you is going to tell you exactly that anyways before you go up as it is just as much about his safety. And there really isn’t much instruction. That being said it does seem like this place has a higher than normal death rate so I do think regulations should require more data collected like number of jumps per year and any accidents thoroughly investigated. Sounds like the Korean guy did not deploy his shoot correctly? I mean how did they tangle up? If main shoot was tangled did he not release it first before deploying reserve or how did this happen? You punch out the main then punch the reserve so it should have cleared. If it did not why did it not? That should be investigated just like a plane crash and then learn from mistakes. The attitude of this business just stinks of recklessness.

Arrath 3y ago

My only skydiving regret was doing it from an outfit near Taft, CA so I descended from the heavens back into....Taft.

WalterBright 3y ago

I did the parachute jump thing long ago, mainly to deal with my fear of it. It was a static line thing, where you climbed out onto a peg under the wing, with your ripcord attached to the airplane. You just let go. The static line was about 300 ft long so you fell a bit before the chute automatically opened. Anyhow, all went well, and I received a heluva rush. But that was it for me, didn't want to do it again. P.S. if you climbed out onto the peg, you weren't coming back in. The instructors made it clear that it was too dangerous to try, and the airplane couldn't land with you on the peg. So they showed us a piece of pipe they'd use if you tried to climb back in or wouldn't let go.

anon291 3y ago
> to deal with my fear of it. Not every fear needs to be pathologized. It's good to hear freefall from miles above the earth. I mean... "I cut my finger off to deal with the fear of it" is a ridiculous statement, but for some reason it's okay here. I'm proud to fear skydiving .
- fl7305 3y ago
  Fear of heights is not the same thing at all as fear of flying.
pests 3y ago
This reminds me of military line jumps. Every so often the line doesn't deploy right and the jumper is just flapping in the wind hitting the side of the plane banging around. The old protocol was just to cut the line and let them deploy as normal but now they have a whole device to try to pull them back in. I've heard sometimes the damage is much worse cause you spend more time in the air and hitting the plane. Saw a video of it once where the device took forever to deploy and you just heard a constant banging from the back. Sounded horrible. I guess this system was started because someone has their line cut and was already unconscious and didn't survive the landing or was seriously injured.