Skydiver and plane collide
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That performance looks like something of out of Billy and Joe-Bobs "Yee-Haa!" Cowboy Show. How did a parachutist end up in an area where aircraft were operating? He didn't check any wind strength and direction before he jumped?? 
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....... How did a plane end up in an area where Skydiving was operating? didn't the 87 year old pilot check the runway before he landed. or see the bright red parachute??
Parachutes and aircraft usually mix as they normally operate from the same location.
Frightening pics nonetheless..
Parachutes and aircraft usually mix as they normally operate from the same location.
Frightening pics nonetheless..
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How did a parachutist end up in an area where aircraft were operating?
I had a long talk with the jump master after I landed*. He was not a happy man when I got through.
* No NOTAM had been issued and it was illegal to jump through a broken cloud deck, at least back then it was.
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didn't the 87 year old pilot check the runway before he landed. or see the bright red parachute
If so, I guess it's possible the parachute came from behind as he started to roll...if the skydiver wasn't expecting him to start rolling........hmmm, maybe.
Mixing parachuting and aircraft movements, apart from jump aircraft, is always going to end in tears. Especially with helicopters acting as mincing machines.
Nearly happened to me when I was landing at Thruxton. Short final and the parachutust drifted off the landing spot towards the left hand edge of the runway; as I touched down, I applied the brakes; the left one operated but the right one didn't so I swerved towards him but still managed to miss him.
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Some years ago a young lady parachutist on her first descent was tragically killed as she went through the main rotors of a helicopter hovering, iirc, at Thruxton.
The two should never be operated from the same location.
The two should never be operated from the same location.
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....... How did a plane end up in an area where Skydiving was operating? didn't the 87 year old pilot check the runway before he landed. or see the bright red parachute??
Parachutes and aircraft usually mix as they normally operate from the same location.
Frightening pics nonetheless..
Parachutes and aircraft usually mix as they normally operate from the same location.
Frightening pics nonetheless..
The pilot probably checked the runway while on final...it was clear until just before the collision. Descending from the left, the parachute might not have been readily visible, or at least not in the normal scan of a pilot on short final.
It's best if they don't both operate to the same location (the runway).
