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- From: wain@decoy.uucp (25498-greenhalgh)
- Subject: Re: S&TA grounding (was: Re: Whuffo Q&A)
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 14:53:46 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.145346.11947@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- References: <1992Nov10.162604.2050@zia.aoc.nrao.edu> <BxIv5r.Exq@vti.com> <SHIBUYA.92Nov17082647@chute.bl.applicon.slb.com>
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- In article <SHIBUYA.92Nov17082647@chute.bl.applicon.slb.com> shibuya@bl.applicon.slb.com writes:
- >In article <BxIv5r.Exq@vti.com> mark@vti.com (Mark Smith) writes:
- >
- >: I've never seen an S&TA spot a low-pull so consequently, I've never
- >: seen one be in the position to try and ground a low-puller.
- >
- >I've seen one! Down at Eloy a couple weeks ago, we were doing fun
- >jumps after the competion doing lots of stupid stuff to blow our fuse
- >off. At one load, which I was not on, they were funneling through
- >break off altitude and opened at around a grand or lower. DZ manager
- >(I'm sure he is also S&TA) Bryan Burke saw that and grounded them for
- >the rest of the day. Well, it was sunset (or presunset) load so they
- >didn't mind that much.
- >
- >Hiroto
-
- Probably the most dramatic low pull I have seen was at the last
- FREAK BROTHERS convention in Freeport IL. It was not only two low pulls
- but it was a low pull contest. Another variation of chicken. These
- two jumpers were in free fall facing each other challenging the other
- to pull first. We are talking opening, clearing brakes, and then
- set up for landing. Roger Nelsen walked(rapidly) over to the nearest one
- dumped his reserve and had him escorted off the airport. I understand
- the same thing happened to the other.
-
-
- H. Wain Greenhalgh
- wain@decoy.cc.bellcore.com
- BELLCORE
- Piscataway, NJ
-