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Old 12th Nov 2021, 10:25
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Originally Posted by blind pew
One of the members of the dublin gliding club recounted a story about removing the canopy on his Blanic and taking a parachutist up. The parachutist gave his camera to the pilot then climbed onto the wing but decided that the Kodac moment would be more spectacular sitting on the wingtip. He didn’t quite get to the end as on the verge of loosing control of the glider the pilot lobed the camera at him and the parachutist followed in an attempt to retrieve the camera.
All stories get more colorful with every telling No need to harm a camera, just allow a 90-degree bank and problem is solved. Nonetheless, the skydiver is considered insane on the credits page.
There is an actual video of this, and yes, significant aileron input is necessary to compensate for the rolling moment, but it's OK, if there is enough speed.

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