"kontiki" wrote in message
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Flying is not any more unsafe than lots of other activities people
engage in during their 'leisure' time. It's just less forgiving if
you are a moron.

One of my flight students went up to a major jumping get-together up
in West Virginia last week (he is also a parachute jumper). One
guy died, and two others were injured during the "event". I asked
him tonight about it and he seemed fairly matter-of-fact about it.



I have a friend who is a jump master, actually he was my first passenger
after I got my private as well, he has seen a few jumpers bite it but he
understands the risks and enjoys the hell out of it. He told me, if you're
going to be stupid you have to be tough! Indeed.

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