In Australia, there is a NPRM (Notice of Proposal to Rule Making or something like that - now closed means it is coming in soon) which will allow parachutists to legally jump through cloud provided there is a jumpmaster on the ground clearing the drop using a local frequency. The aircraft will have to have two radios, one on area frequency as well.
I think this rule should apply to *all* jumps, whether through cloud or not. PeterS QSA RAPAC delegate ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Wade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 11:37 AM Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Accident in the UK > > >An 'interesting' (in a macabre sense) statistic to understand would > > > be whether there is any significant incidence of collision between > > > skydivers and powered aircraft. > > From a US Web site - under a heading relating to parachutists colloding with > aircraft: > > More than one such accident happened. A parachutist in freefall struck the > tail of a Piper warrior, knocking it out of control, which caused it to > crash. The parachutist survived with a broken ankle. All four persons on > board the Piper perished. The collision occurred at 7,000 feet. > Make sure you check the notams for parachute jumpings along your route > and exercise caution in parachute jumping and alert areas. > FARs prohibit parachute jumps into or through a cloud, and require > skydiving aircraft to coordinate operations with ATC. Parachute operations > along federal airways are allowed when weather conditions permit. > It takes about six minutes for an experienced jumper to fall from 12,500 > feet to 2,000 feet AGL, the lowest parachute opening altitude. Some > skydivers, including new students, tend to open their chutes as high as > 6,000 feet AGL to orient themselves better and prepare for a good landing. > > -- > Brian Wade > > Personal Computer Concepts > > Uniform Time > http://www.uniformtime.com.au > > PO Box 114 INDOOROOPILLY QLD 4068 > Ph: 07 3371 2944 Fax: 07 3870 4103 > > > -- > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
