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From: ds4a@dalton.acc.Virginia.EDU (Dale Southard)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Re: When to push?  (Was Re: Near Accident...)
Message-ID: <1991Mar22.173650.12207@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Date: 22 Mar 91 17:36:50 GMT
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In article <1991Mar22.071136.13186@nmt.edu> dbriggs@nrao.edu (Daniel Briggs) wri
tes:
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>As a side note, in a main canopy out the door situation, and a single
>operation reserve system, do you think it's better to cut away and
>hope you can contain the reserve, or should you gamble that you can
OKet out the door fast enough to avoid going out the window, instead?

I think the door would be a better option.  I don't fancy having my reserve
wrapped up in the tail (the PLF is a real bitch).



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