Here’s a short video from my skydiving school showing us doing some angle flying jumps. Angle flying is where we form up on a leader who is flying a fairly steep angle. We typically reach speeds of out 200 mph and really move across the sky. It’s a lot more difficult than it looks because at those speeds even the smallest movement of an arm or leg has a huge effect. It can be very dangerous, but it’s a hell of a lot of fun! I’m in this video here and there and the final landing scene is a good shot of my school. Enjoy.
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While jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft is not for me, I do see the attraction.
While jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft is not for me, I do see the attraction.
Very nice.
Come on up in the plane and watch us jump. I won’t let you fall out, I promise. 🙂
I know when I took my first jump, part of the instructions were that the only one that lands with the plane is the pilot.