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Old 31st March 2012 | 23:18
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UnderneathTheRadar
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Elwood (melb) skydiving

By 9am this morning I've seen 4 tandem skydivers (2 loads) above Elwood emerging from 7/8 (and I'm being generous - because I can make out some blue) cloud directly above my house and directly over the very frequently used coastal/MB-CBD route.

First two had disappeared from my view for no more than a couple of minutes when a north bound aircraft passed directly across the path the two jumpers had also just taken.

I've always been convinced that day VMC jumping through this busy VFR class G airspace was a very poor idea but if they're going to jump through cloud (or very close to) then that just makes the concept worse.

Be careful transiting the Point Ormond area - apparently not only when the weather is fine.

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