Aer Lingus in near miss with Parachutist
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Well if he opened his chute at precisely the right moment he could have settled softly on the back of the EI. If he could manuever himself over the wing area to avoid the tail, he's homefree, provided he swiftly cut the cords to his chute and held on tightly to, say a flap. Some good rubber soled shoes would be good here. The wake turbulence would tatter the chute a bit so he would want to purchase a new one after he landed. I think I saw it done in a Rambo movie or something. Anything to add to that anengineer?
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I have a faint memory of reading a long time ago about a similar incident somewhere in UK.
A Dominie (the old one) was climbing out with a load of parachutists on board and the pob was suddenly increased by 1 when a stray free faller came through the roof of the cabin area. Can anyone else recall any more detail ?
A Dominie (the old one) was climbing out with a load of parachutists on board and the pob was suddenly increased by 1 when a stray free faller came through the roof of the cabin area. Can anyone else recall any more detail ?
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This has happened twice in the US. In both cases a freefalling parachutist hit the tail breaking their ankle. None of the people on board the light aircraft involved survived.
Since the skydiver is less manouverable than the aircraft on paper they had right of way.
I myself have come within 200ft of a C172 while freefalling over Northern Caliifornia. The aircraft involved didn't hear the announcement on CTAF and crossed over the field at about 7500 just before we jumped out at 14000ft.
In theory you are supposed to spend two minutes with your head out the door 'spotting'. Thanks to the miracle of GPS what now happens is you open the lexan sliding door when the pilot lowers the flaps and leave.
I have since given up jumping and now have a PPL. I won't overfly a parachute symbol on the chart if I have a choice. The safe move is to divert your course so you are downwind of the Drop Zone. Most jump runs head upwind and start letting jumpers out as they pass over the upwind boundary of the drop zone, which is often an airfield. The jumpers will be blown downwind in freefall and while under canopy. Expect tandems from 5000ft down and other parachutes from 3000ft down.
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Since the skydiver is less manouverable than the aircraft on paper they had right of way.
I myself have come within 200ft of a C172 while freefalling over Northern Caliifornia. The aircraft involved didn't hear the announcement on CTAF and crossed over the field at about 7500 just before we jumped out at 14000ft.
In theory you are supposed to spend two minutes with your head out the door 'spotting'. Thanks to the miracle of GPS what now happens is you open the lexan sliding door when the pilot lowers the flaps and leave.
I have since given up jumping and now have a PPL. I won't overfly a parachute symbol on the chart if I have a choice. The safe move is to divert your course so you are downwind of the Drop Zone. Most jump runs head upwind and start letting jumpers out as they pass over the upwind boundary of the drop zone, which is often an airfield. The jumpers will be blown downwind in freefall and while under canopy. Expect tandems from 5000ft down and other parachutes from 3000ft down.
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