"videoguy" wrote

I fail to see where any of my post indicates even the remotest interest in
gory details. As someone who was unfamiliar with the sport of skydiving,
I
asked what I considered to be valid questions.

I'm with you, on this one. Springer flew off the handle, with no good
reason.

In answer to your question, the big skydiving venues have more jumpers
waiting on the ground, to get a ride up. The sooner the jump plane is on
the ground, the sooner he can get loaded, and up again. Time is money, so
they rush as quickly as possible. The skydivers and the landing plane are
not supposed to be in the same area. My guess is that wind conditions were
different than expected, and the skydiver got in the wrong place, and
perhaps the plane was in the wrong place, also. Time will tell, as the
investigations take place.

Some planes, have turboprop engines, that are very powerful, and can climb
to altitude quickly with a heavy load. Right plane, for the job. Some of
them also have a feature called beta thrust, which allows the pilot to
reverse the propeller, so it pushes, or tries to push, the plane backwards.
This allows the plane to point almost straight down, select beta (reverse),
and keep the plane from exceeding the top allowable speed for the airplane.
Many planes with beta are not allowed to do this while flying, and only do
this after landing to slow the plane more quickly, or parking.
--
Jim in NC