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From: mnl@ukc.ac.uk (M.N.Leonard)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Re: where was the tandem incident ??????
Message-ID: <7708@harrier.ukc.ac.uk>
Date: 29 May 91 15:35:59 GMT
References: <1991May18.143012.8532@doc.ic.ac.uk>
Reply-To: mnl@ukc.ac.uk (M.N.Leonard)
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In article <1991May18.143012.8532@doc.ic.ac.uk> jgvb@doc.ic.ac.uk (J G Von Boisman) writes:
>Does anyone know at what DZ the tandem incident referred to recently in
>this newsgroup occurred ???????
>
>(the one where the tandem JM got the drogue chute line around his neck
>and was saved by the cameraman)
>
>/johan von boisman
>jgvb@doc.ic.ac.uk
>
The incident happened at Sibson aerodrome at Peterborough, I don't
know who the Tandem Master was but the cameraman who dumped out the
reserve was Ronnie O' Brien. Apparently he played down the melodrama
when the media came to report the incident, hence the low profile news
coverage.
     Hope this answers your question.

Mike Leonard 
University of Kent at Canterbury
Kent
U.K.
mnl@ukc.ac.uk