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Old 20th Jun 2015, 18:34
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Fox3WheresMyBanana
 
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Always thought that anyone who chooses to jump out of a perfectly serviceable aircraft is totally bonkers!
An acquaintance used to fly a jump plane in Arizona, and always mercilessly took the p!ss out of the skydivers for this reason. Passing about 7,000 feet in the climb one day, the engine caught fire and the extinguisher failed to put it out. He turned to find the jumpmaster already with his face right there, with a HUGE grin on it. The jumpmaster just said 'Bye!', and the skydivers all bailed. He, of course, had no 'chute. Fortunately he managed to blow the fire out with a VNE dive and glide back to the airfield.
After that he took up jumping.
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