Sad Accident over Deland

In article , Dale wrote:
with a cabin roof. A jump plane will probably be descending steeply,
especially a turbine powered airplane. A jumper descends even steeper
than the aircraft does.

With the exception of certain Pilatus models, which can overtake the
jumpers whilst they are in freefall!

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

Might you be referring to a Porter? I've been on a few jump flights with a
guy who could do some amazing things with it.
--
Chris Ehlbeck, PP-ASEL
"It's a license to learn, have fun and buy really expensive hamburgers."

"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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With the exception of certain Pilatus models, which can overtake the
jumpers whilst they are in freefall!

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

In article ,
Dylan Smith wrote:



With the exception of certain Pilatus models, which can overtake the
jumpers whilst they are in freefall!

Only for a short period early in the skydive. At altitudes where a
jumper is normally under canopy you won't see them going straight
down...at least not more than once.

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flying.html

In article ,
Dylan Smith wrote:
In article , Dale wrote:
with a cabin roof. A jump plane will probably be descending steeply,
especially a turbine powered airplane. A jumper descends even steeper
than the aircraft does.

With the exception of certain Pilatus models, which can overtake the
jumpers whilst they are in freefall!

There is a video somewhere on the net of a jumper stepping out of a
Porter, freefalling, and then joining up with the plane again and climbing back in.

I'll let someone else do the google magic.

John
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John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/