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From: rand@skydiver.Eng.Sun.COM (Iconoclast at large)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Re: Anyone jumped a Paradactyl?
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Date: 28 Jun 91 23:55:42 GMT
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The last time I saw a Paradactyl was about 4-5 years
ago at Freak Bros.  A guy from our DZ was jumping it
because the DZ owner would never let him use it.

The guy who was jumping it was named Mark Brinkman and
affectionately known as Wierd Mark.  At the Freak Bros.
on his last jump, he hooked it up backwards (on purpose)
so that he could film people flying behind him.  This 
was the first year they had the C-130 and there was a 
lot of traffic around the landing area.  About 300'
above the ground he flew into/backed into a fairly 
inexperienced jumper.  The Paradactyl collapsed around
the inexperienced guy and kinda made his canopy start
to spin which I guess freaked him out...so he cut away
resulting in a double fatality. 

I'm not blaming the Paradactyl, it was just the last
time I ever saw one.

Rand