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From: toad@athena.mit.edu (John P. Jackson)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Re: DeLand Bounce
Message-ID: <1991Mar18.180616.14464@athena.mit.edu>
Date: 18 Mar 91 18:06:16 GMT
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>SKYDIVE> That sounds like something Scotty would do.

>Yeah, but in his defense, I have seen him *PAY* for extra jumpers to
>assist him with safety concerns in a jump from a caraboo.  He paid $15
>X 3 (or 4), and ended up jumping a 3000.  He was going throught the
>"bomb bay door" between the pilots, and needed help to make sure that
>he didn't hit anything or have anything hit him.  A photographer went
>out the back door in synchrony to photograph the dive.  Pretty neat
>stunt, but also a pretty expensive way to get a dive from 3 grand.
>
>It's tought to say what *YOU* would do in the situation until *YOU*
>are actually there, so please refrain from judging other's motives or
>capabilities.  You may have tried, and bounced with the guy.  You may
>have tried, and gotten ground rush at 2 grand.  You may have saved
>him, but still bounced.  YOU DON'T KNOW!!!!!!!!!!
>
>Don't be so quick to condemn a guy who *SURVIVED* an attempt to save
>the life of one who *DIED*.
>
>This is real life, not a mini-series.
>

	I was there for Scotty's Caribou jump.  I recall that he did indeed
	exit at @3,000'.  He also dumped at @1,000'...  

	John