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On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:36:16 -0700, Ian
wrote: But remember the Idaflieg survey which found no evidence that anyone had ever made the decision to use a parachute from a glider below 500m and survived. I'm pretty sure that someone misread that survey. I personally know three people who bailed out of a glider below 1.000 ft and survived. Bye Andreas |
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On 17 Sep, 13:33, Andreas Maurer wrote:
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:36:16 -0700, Ian wrote: But remember the Idaflieg survey which found no evidence that anyone had ever made the decision to use a parachute from a glider below 500m and survived. I'm pretty sure that someone misread that survey. I personally know three people who bailed out of a glider below 1.000 ft and survived. As I recall, it was the "made the decision" bit which was critical - there were people who had bailed out below 500m, but they had all made the decision to do so while higher. However, I'd welcome correction or, better still, a copy of the report. Anyone? Ian |
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As I recall, it was the "made the decision" bit which was critical -
there were people who had bailed out below 500m, but they had all made the decision to do so while higher. However, I'd welcome correction or, better still, a copy of the report. Anyone? I recall my instructor telling me about a guy who got winched with disconnected controls (or maybe they jammed during the launch?). By the time he got to the top of the launch he was unstrapped and the canopy was gone. He jumped and survived. The decision to jump was obviously made well below 500m. Bartek |
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That's a different scenario. It sounds like this guy had some time to get
ready and initiate the bailout while his ship was still climbing and under some control. That's a lot different than having a mid-air at 1,000' AGL. Mike Schumann "brtlmj" wrote in message ups.com... As I recall, it was the "made the decision" bit which was critical - there were people who had bailed out below 500m, but they had all made the decision to do so while higher. However, I'd welcome correction or, better still, a copy of the report. Anyone? I recall my instructor telling me about a guy who got winched with disconnected controls (or maybe they jammed during the launch?). By the time he got to the top of the launch he was unstrapped and the canopy was gone. He jumped and survived. The decision to jump was obviously made well below 500m. Bartek -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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That's a different scenario. It sounds like this guy had some time to get
ready and initiate the bailout while his ship was still climbing and under some control. That's a lot different than having a mid-air at 1,000' AGL. Absolutely. When he realized he had to jump he was going UP, not falling down. It was just an example. Still, I can easily imagine someone having a low - level midair and then having quite w few minutes to decide whether to jump or not. One's glider does not have to disintegrate. Bartek |
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On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:49:13 -0700, Ian
wrote: As I recall, it was the "made the decision" bit which was critical - there were people who had bailed out below 500m, but they had all made the decision to do so while higher. However, I'd welcome correction or, better still, a copy of the report. Anyone? I only counted people who *made the decision* below 1.000 ft. One was a winch launch in an ASW-19 with disconnected elevator, the other two were Ka-8's involved in a midair immediately after a winch launch. One the other hand, I also had the doubtful pleasure to watch a pilot who made his decision to bail out at about 3.000 ft after the wing of his Lo-100 disintegrated during aerobatics. His parachute opened at less than 100 ft over the ground. He survived uninjured. Bye Andreas |
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On Sep 17, 4:39 pm, brtlmj wrote:
That's a different scenario. It sounds like this guy had some time to get ready and initiate the bailout while his ship was still climbing and under some control. That's a lot different than having a mid-air at 1,000' AGL. Absolutely. When he realized he had to jump he was going UP, not falling down. It was just an example. Still, I can easily imagine someone having a low - level midair and then having quite w few minutes to decide whether to jump or not. One's glider does not have to disintegrate. Bartek IIRC, there was quite an endorsement of Irving parachutes some years ago when a pilot bailed out of his fluttering Yugo Open Cirrus at Inkpen at 100ft. 100kts horizontal component is needed at that altitude.. Frank Whiteley |
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