In article 9I_ib.130302$%h1.131919@sccrnsc02,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

I come down a little faster than you though, normally around
3000-3500fpm. G

Crikey!

Don't your ears bother you?

Eh, valsalva on way down. Skydivers in freefall are doing 10000 to
12000 fpm.

--
Dale L. Falk

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

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