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From: prbonneau@watrose.UUCP (prbonneau)
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Subject: Re: First time
Message-ID: <7591@watrose.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 14:58:31 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  3 14:58:31 1985
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[Out vile jelly!]

>      Something you said, however, puzzles me.  You said that you and the 
> jumpmaster passed the pilot chute back and forth.  What kind of system were
> you using, and what was the deployment method?  I'm not familiar with any kind
> of system wherein the pilot chute is visible, much less handled, during exit.
> Please describe, to appease my curiosity.  

I'm not the original poster in question here, but my first jump sounds
remarkably like his.  The view of the club is that the fewer mechanical parts
then the smaller the probability of failure.

So, they have a little velcro band on a chest strap.  Inside the band (which
forms a loop when the end is attached to the strap) goes the pilot chute.  The
velcro is tight enough to hold it there.

A first-jumper has the instructor take the pilot chute and hold it - literally
pulling the main from the pack as the novice falls from the plane.

The regular jumper simply grabs the pilot while in free-fall and throws it up
into the air.  Same effect as a mechanical release but fewer parts.
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I'm a man!  I'm not a horse!		..!watmath!watrose!prbonneau
					Paul Bonneau.


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