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From: rob@ireta.cynic.wimsey.bc.ca (Rob Prior)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Re: Mid air canopy crash
Message-ID: <1acXw4w163w@ireta.cynic.wimsey.bc.ca>
Date: 6 Feb 91 01:50:35 GMT
References: <1991Feb12.205904.20430@eng.ufl.edu>
Organization: Federation of Sentient Planets, Burnaby BC
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esj@gnarley.eng.ufl.edu (Eric S. Johnson) writes:

> [text deleted about tangled skydivers]
> 
> Why didn't the lower person cut away. From the article it seems they 
> had the altitude?

I would think that they were too shocked at being tangled in each other to
notice their altimeters...  Unless they had time to be calm and think about
the situation.  I don't think they would, but I may be wrong.

Somehow I think that I would probably try to untangle myself, not cut away.
It just seems to be a gut reaction to me... Although if I jumped solo and
it didn't open, the decision to cut away would be easy... I almost had to
once.

Rob



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