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November 26th 08, 05:43 PM
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Beginner, Parachutes?
On Nov 26, 6:54*am, Andreas Maurer wrote:
On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:40:31 -0800 (PST), Frank Whiteley wrote: A German study once concluded that survival in an incident requiring parachute use below 600m agl was very low. *That said, some emergency chutes are very effective at low altitudes with good horizontal speed. Nevertheless, I know four people who bailed out successfully - one at 6.000 ft, two at 600 ft (midair collision), one at 400 ft (non-connected elavtor during winch launch). Bye Andreas I know one who died because he didn't get his chute repacked regularly thus missing an AD on the D-ring attachment. When he needed the chute, it didn't work. Frank 
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