emergency chute

How does a square know which way the wind is blowing?

I'll buy the rest of the argument for a square reserve (having a few
jumps, both static and freefall, under old military rounds), but I have
a hard time understanding how a free falling object can orient itself
with the wind - unless it is big enough (tall enough) to be affected by
wind shear.

Explanation, please?

66

66: not very many skydivers share this opinion (that squares turn into
the wind). I experimented with the theory a half dozen times when I was
jumping solo and not once did the canopy ever turn into the wind.

2NO

Interesting... is this an active myth in skydiving circles? That some
chutes turn naturally into the wind?

It's an active myth in non-skydiving circles.

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Interesting... is this an active myth in skydiving circles? That some
chutes turn naturally into the wind?