Doesn't getting down quickly end in splat!

larry

At 10:25 PM 12/15/2003, you wrote:
>Not a free fall jump.  Static line only.  Figure 6 - 10 seconds in the air.
>Little round chutes.
>
>The idea here is to get down quickly.
>
>Tim
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>   Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 5:21 PM
>   To: CF-Community
>   Subject: jumps (was Re: Bush gives the finger to the world again)
>
>   Yeah but you can console yourself knowing that cold air tends to be calm
>   air. :-)
>
>   That's damn low for a full chute especially with rotor downdraft. I assume
>   you use special chutes similar to those for base jumping? What do they
>   figure time from jump to fully down, clear and situated to be? Like 15-20
>   sec?
>
>   -Kevin
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "Heald, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>   To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>   Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 3:56 PM
>   Subject: RE: Bush gives the finger to the world again
>
>   > 1250 - 1400.
>   >
>   > Kind of nervous about this one.  I hate jumping in the winter.  In the
>   > summer you have up drafts and the air is really thick so you have a nice
>   > descent.  Winter jumps you just plummet to the ground.
>   >
>   > --
>   > Timothy Heald
>
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