BRS for emergencies

That's a different scenario. It sounds like this guy had some time to get
ready and initiate the bailout while his ship was still climbing and under
some control. That's a lot different than having a mid-air at 1,000' AGL.

Mike Schumann

"brtlmj" wrote in message
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As I recall, it was the "made the decision" bit which was critical -
there were people who had bailed out below 500m, but they had all made
the decision to do so while higher. However, I'd welcome correction
or, better still, a copy of the report. Anyone?

I recall my instructor telling me about a guy who got winched with
disconnected controls (or maybe they jammed during the launch?). By
the time he got to the top of the launch he was unstrapped and the
canopy was gone. He jumped and survived. The decision to jump was
obviously made well below 500m.

Bartek





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That's a different scenario. It sounds like this guy had some time to get
ready and initiate the bailout while his ship was still climbing and under
some control. That's a lot different than having a mid-air at 1,000' AGL.

Absolutely. When he realized he had to jump he was going UP, not
falling down. It was just an example.
Still, I can easily imagine someone having a low - level midair and
then having quite w few minutes to decide whether to jump or not.
One's glider does not have to disintegrate.

Bartek

On Sep 17, 4:39 pm, brtlmj wrote:
That's a different scenario. It sounds like this guy had some time to get
ready and initiate the bailout while his ship was still climbing and under
some control. That's a lot different than having a mid-air at 1,000' AGL.

Absolutely. When he realized he had to jump he was going UP, not
falling down. It was just an example.
Still, I can easily imagine someone having a low - level midair and
then having quite w few minutes to decide whether to jump or not.
One's glider does not have to disintegrate.

Bartek

IIRC, there was quite an endorsement of Irving parachutes some years
ago when a pilot bailed out of his fluttering Yugo Open Cirrus at
Inkpen at 100ft. 100kts horizontal component is needed at that
altitude..

Frank Whiteley