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From: SKYDIVE@f15.n233.z1.FIDONET.ORG (SKYDIVE)
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Subject: oops (urban folklore)
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Date: 20 Jun 91 15:53:09 GMT
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Reply-to: Bill.Caefer@p0.f853.n102.z1.fidonet.org (Bill Caefer)
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 U> A friend of mine passed this on to me...

>From (of course) alt.folklore.urban, so it must be true :-)
 U> ============================================================

 U> tangled up.  An instructor was in the habit of putting a peg through the
 U> loop to signify that he hasn't performed the final check. 

Pretty stupid.

 U> The the novice panics and pulls the emergency 'chute.  This opens and also
 U> trails behind the plane acting as an air-brake.  The plane stalls and
 U> falls out of the sky.  The arrangement is now: emergency 'chute on top
 U> with novice underneath.  Dangling from the novice (and also supported
 U> by the 'chute) is the plane containing pilot, instructor and other novices.

 U> This descends to the ground.  The plane hits the ground fairly fast,
 U> but slow enough so that the only injury is one broken arm.  The dangling
 U> novice then slows down and lands on plane with no ill effects.

It is not urban folklore.  This did actually happen and there is a picture of 
it.
 


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