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.
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.
Come on up in the plane and watch us jump. I won’t let you fall out, I promise. 🙂
While jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft is not for me, I do see the attraction.
Very nice.