Originally Posted by
SNS3Guppy
.....and know nothing about tree landings, powerlines and parachutes, water landings, downwind landings, canopy control.
(Here we go again......
)
As per the above, for the average potential user of an emergency parachute, should they have to eventually use the thing then a downwind water landing into trees and powerlines with a canopy problem is
probably going to kill them. Staying with the airframe is
certainly going to kill them.
Every time you jump out of an aeroplane, you incur a risk. Risk minimisation
is the name of the game. Only a dedicated sky diver would maintain that risk elimination can be achieved by throwing yourself out of a functioning aeroplane. Because - and I mean no disrepect - they're
nutters