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Don't forget about the forward airspeed... that helps to open the chute
faster. "Raul Ruiz" wrote in message oups.com... 250-300 feet? I assume this was a base jumping parachute? My Nav240 would still have the pilot chute halfway out in a 250-300 foot drop timespan. Dale wrote: In article .com, "569" wrote: to the plane confirmed it. The alternator had seized, and the belt was still attached. The black smoke and burning smell was the rubber from the belt. I have a friend who is a skydiver and pilot. He was going to make a skydive from a 182 that was being flown with no door on it. Just after takeoff they noticed a burning smell and lots of smoke coming from the engine compartment. Thinking the airplane was on fire he jumped at about 250-300 feet barely getting his parachute open. The airplane landed just off the airport in a field, no damage or injuries. It was the generator belt in this case also. G -- Dale L. Falk There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing around with airplanes. http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flying.html |
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Why would someone jump out of an airplane due to a burning smell?
Dale wrote in news:me-05F443.10392020122004 @corp.supernews.com: In article .com, "569" wrote: to the plane confirmed it. The alternator had seized, and the belt was still attached. The black smoke and burning smell was the rubber from the belt. I have a friend who is a skydiver and pilot. He was going to make a skydive from a 182 that was being flown with no door on it. Just after takeoff they noticed a burning smell and lots of smoke coming from the engine compartment. Thinking the airplane was on fire he jumped at about 250-300 feet barely getting his parachute open. The airplane landed just off the airport in a field, no damage or injuries. It was the generator belt in this case also. G |
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Andrew Sarangan wrote: Why would someone jump out of an airplane due to a burning smell? Panic. George Patterson The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. |
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"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
1... Why would someone jump out of an airplane due to a burning smell? Because he is a "smoke jumper"??? |
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In article ,
"G.R. Patterson III" wrote: Andrew Sarangan wrote: Why would someone jump out of an airplane due to a burning smell? Panic. Trust me, in this case it wasn't panic. Why get out? Why stay in if you have the option of leaving and think that staying in the airplane is the more hazardous of the two options? -- Dale L. Falk There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing around with airplanes. http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flying.html |
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"Dean Wilkinson" wrote in message ... "Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message 1... Why would someone jump out of an airplane due to a burning smell? Because he is a "smoke jumper"?? Booo! g -- Jim in NC |
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Climbing for jump altitude one late winter/early Spring morning, smoke
started rolling in under the instrument panel of the C180. With four jumpers and the pilot on board, the pilot began to muse aloud, "Boys, it think we got... " Before he could get out the last couple of words ("...a fire or something?"), the jump door flew open and the four jumpers were gone! This was about 30 years ago. The pilot stayed with the ship and successfully landed. Inspection revealed a birds nest on the rearmost cylinder which was missed during preflight. Andrew Sarangan wrote: Why would someone jump out of an airplane due to a burning smell? |
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