"what's burning?"

Don't forget about the forward airspeed... that helps to open the chute
faster.

"Raul Ruiz" wrote in message
oups.com...
250-300 feet? I assume this was a base jumping parachute? My Nav240
would still have the pilot chute halfway out in a 250-300 foot drop
timespan.


Dale wrote:
In article .com,
"569" wrote:


to the plane confirmed it. The alternator had seized, and the belt
was
still attached. The black smoke and burning smell was the rubber
from
the belt.

I have a friend who is a skydiver and pilot. He was going to make a
skydive from a 182 that was being flown with no door on it. Just
after
takeoff they noticed a burning smell and lots of smoke coming from
the
engine compartment. Thinking the airplane was on fire he jumped at
about 250-300 feet barely getting his parachute open. The airplane
landed just off the airport in a field, no damage or injuries. It
was
the generator belt in this case also. G

--
Dale L. Falk

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

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