newsobserver.com— Good Day: You decide to learn skydiving. Bad Day: Your instructor dies of a heart attack. Worse Day: In mid-air while you're strapped to him
Feb 1, 2009View in Crawl 4
"you get to assist your instructor in steering” -- Your instructor dropping dead while you are dropping down? Steering would seem especially important to know.
At my drop zone I'm pretty sure they don't tell the passengers how to deploy the parachutes themselves and they don't carry altimeters. Are the handles even within their reach?
Imagine this. Flying downward at speeds measured in feet per second squared, your instructor seems like he's pulling a 'I'm sleeping on the job' prank, then you realize the guy is dead. This trip wasn't your idea, but a gift from a friend who thought 'Live a little, why don't ya'. Now I can tell my friend that my unfounded fear which lead me to refuse his gift, came true.
AngelWardriverFeb 1, 2009
"you get to assist your instructor in steering” -- Your instructor dropping dead while you are dropping down? Steering would seem especially important to know.
wafflepirateFeb 2, 2009
Arr, that be worse than walkin' the plank at sunset in Malibu.
sten0257Feb 2, 2009
Holy s**t my safety course was only 30 seconds; I didn't even know which handle was the right one. Better him than me I guess.
unconquerableFeb 2, 2009
I agree, if my instructor died mid-jump, I would have been screwed.
johan13Feb 2, 2009
At my drop zone I'm pretty sure they don't tell the passengers how to deploy the parachutes themselves and they don't carry altimeters. Are the handles even within their reach?
spo0okyFeb 2, 2009
Imagine this. Flying downward at speeds measured in feet per second squared, your instructor seems like he's pulling a 'I'm sleeping on the job' prank, then you realize the guy is dead. This trip wasn't your idea, but a gift from a friend who thought 'Live a little, why don't ya'. Now I can tell my friend that my unfounded fear which lead me to refuse his gift, came true.