Roost Air Lounge => Aviation related topics => Topic started by: FlyingBlind on March 21, 2006, 08:12:35 PM
Title: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: FlyingBlind on March 21, 2006, 08:12:35 PM
Ok, i thought that sharing you the dangers of parachuting would be wise.Here they go - The accidents happened. All accidents cateogrized from the serious to the not-so-serious. 1)Death of a fellow parachuter - parachute didn't open - happened only once, rest in peace. 2)Loosing a limb (of a fellow parachuter) - limb gets caught somewhere or bad landing - happened 0 times but many close ones. 3)Fracturing a bone (of a fellow parachuter) - < - Happened MANY and COUNTLESS times! 4)Loosing your sanity (of a fellow parach - i have to stop saying this...) < - happens only when major panic, happened once. 5)And other health issues (theres many) < - if i got a penny for every single time this happened i wouldn't BE HERE!
So anyone, whomever considers parachuting - It is not a 100% safe thing !
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: Ted_Stryker on March 21, 2006, 09:27:21 PM
Ok, i thought that sharing you the dangers of parachuting would be wise.Here they go - The accidents happened. All accidents cateogrized from the serious to the not-so-serious. 1)Death of a fellow parachuter - parachute didn't open - happened only once, rest in peace. 2)Loosing a limb (of a fellow parachuter) - limb gets caught somewhere or bad landing - happened 0 times but many close ones. 3)Fracturing a bone (of a fellow parachuter) - < - Happened MANY and COUNTLESS times! 4)Loosing your sanity (of a fellow parach - i have to stop saying this...) < - happens only when major panic, happened once. 5)And other health issues (theres many) < - if i got a penny for every single time this happened i wouldn't BE HERE!
So anyone, whomever considers parachuting - It is not a 100% safe thing !
I live by the adage...."If the wings are staying on...I'm staying IN!" ;D
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: Roland on March 22, 2006, 08:17:41 AM
I live by the adage...."If the wings are staying on...I'm staying IN!" ;D
So do I. I lost my father in a parahcute-accident as I was 16. After that I avoided this sport.
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: FlyingBlind on March 22, 2006, 12:18:45 PM
Roland, as said, it is definetly not a safe sport or a hobby - jump at your own risk. And Ted, as long as the wings stay on you stay in the plane, eh ? Well...but when the wings come off and you find yourself with no parachute and no parachute training ;D - i like to stay prepared for the worst.
And Roland, my sympathies....im sorry to hear that mate :(
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: Ted_Stryker on March 22, 2006, 04:02:09 PM
I live by the adage...."If the wings are staying on...I'm staying IN!" ;D
So do I. I lost my father in a parahcute-accident as I was 16. After that I avoided this sport.
My sincerest condolences too, Roland.
Call me chicken... no pun intended.... but I'm just not a skydiver type.
If the wings are coming off the plane, in all likelyhood there would be insufficient time, or ability to even get out of a civilian plane (no ejection system), so, it's unlikely a survivable situation. The g-forces inside the cockpit and the rolling that would occurr would prevent one from making an exit easily without being killed. These are not like WWII bombers or fighters where one could pop the back door and have handholds, etc.
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: Frank N. O. on March 22, 2006, 04:58:01 PM
Ted: That line is really good and I agree.
Roland: That's even worse than me loosing my dad to cancer when I was 20, my sincerest condolences.
About skydiving in general then I don't mind getting a trip up there, but I prefer to go back down with the plane, especially if it's a Porter, that is one amazing plane!
Frank
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: Mike on March 22, 2006, 05:17:08 PM
Call me chicken... no pun intended.... but I'm just not a skydiver type.
NO PUN INTENDED??? That would have been a great pun! . . . . too bad you gave it away.... ;)
Chuck isn't a skydiver type either (you know since he's portraying the "typical pilot" with his why-jump-out-of-a-perfectly-function-plane-? attitude....)
Did you guys hear about the british crewman who jumped out of the plane because it was on fire without his parachute (because it was on fire as well) and lived?!!?!?! He fell through some tree branches then on a steep slope with thick snowpack and when he got to the bottom of the hill he just brushed himself off and went "whew, what a ride!" Or is it an urban myth?
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: Frank N. O. on March 22, 2006, 05:33:17 PM
A comedian (I listen a lot to internet comedy-radio to keep my mood up) mentioned that there was a book out about a guy that jumped from an airplane and fell 30K ft and the chute didn't open and he lived, the comic made an imitation of someone that couldn't really talk, ew, not that funny since I imagined it for real and then there's nothing funny and I'm scared of heights if what I'm standing on feels unstable.
Frank
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: wbarnhill on March 23, 2006, 06:33:32 AM
Yeah, it's kinda odd. I doubt I could do skydiving due to my weird fear of heights. Put me somewhere that there's a chance of me falling, and I'm going to freak out. Put me at the same spot with a restraint, and I'll be perfectly happy. Thus why flying doesn't bother me, but I'm not egressing unless absolutely necessary. Even if there's a fire, I'm cutting the fuel flow, emergency descent, and hope for the best.
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: fireflyr on March 24, 2006, 09:35:31 AM
Call me chicken... no pun intended.... but I'm just not a skydiver type.
NO PUN INTENDED??? That would have been a great pun! . . . . too bad you gave it away.... ;)
Chuck isn't a skydiver type either (you know since he's portraying the "typical pilot" with his why-jump-out-of-a-perfectly-function-plane-? attitude....)
Did you guys hear about the british crewman who jumped out of the plane because it was on fire without his parachute (because it was on fire as well) and lived?!!?!?! He fell through some tree branches then on a steep slope with thick snowpack and when he got to the bottom of the hill he just brushed himself off and went "whew, what a ride!" Or is it an urban myth?
I believe there several---one was Alan MaGee (now deceased) of Angel Fire New Mexico who was featured in a Smithsonian article in 1981--he was a ball turret gunner in a B-17. One of those "NO S**T" experiences!
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: happylanding on May 27, 2006, 09:49:53 PM
Yeah, it's kinda odd. I doubt I could do skydiving due to my weird fear of heights. Put me somewhere that there's a chance of me falling, and I'm going to freak out. Put me at the same spot with a restraint, and I'll be perfectly happy. Thus why flying doesn't bother me, but I'm not egressing unless absolutely necessary. Even if there's a fire, I'm cutting the fuel flow, emergency descent, and hope for the best.
I have the same sacred fear of heights and everybody always asked me how it happens that I fly. Happy to know I'm not a strange element!!!! ;)
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: Frank N. O. on May 27, 2006, 10:24:16 PM
Happylanding, I have a fear of heights too, but I've deduced it's based on lack of security because when I got that flight in a Cardinal a few years ago I looked right out the window and straight down and wasn't really scared, just some mild butterflies fluttering in my stomach but that was the flight itself, my first and sadly so far only one.
And I'm not much of a skydiver either, as I've said before, I'll gladly go up with skydivers in a plane, but I'll go back down in it too, especially if it's a Porter! 8)
Frank
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: chuckar101 on May 28, 2006, 03:07:58 AM
I have that same fear of heights also, so don't worry happylanding. Its weird though I was doing some PSD(Plastic Sphere Dispenser) training last week and we hook the machine up in the heli with the door off. The operator practically sits on the machine with half you body hanging out the door when the machine is being used. I wasn't scared at all even though I had to look behind the ship to see if the balls were igniting. And the whole skydiving, no thank you, even a busted plane has a better glide ration then I do.
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: FlyingBlind on May 28, 2006, 12:35:18 PM
So as i realized, you ALL have the fear of heights !? Jeesus christ! Its only air ! And massive gravity....9.8g.....umm...100x9.8 per second...1k80kg. per ......oooh jeeesus...mommy :o
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: happylanding on May 28, 2006, 12:58:48 PM
As you say in your signature What goes up, must come down and if I have to decide how to come down, it will be landing, not surely just thanks to gravity!!!
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: fireflyr on May 28, 2006, 02:50:44 PM
So as i realized, you ALL have the fear of heights !? Jeesus christ! Its only air ! And massive gravity....9.8g.....umm...100x9.8 per second...1k80kg. per ......oooh jeeesus...mommy :o
;D Good job of pointing out the fear of falling is not a valid thing---It's the fear of the impact on landing that bothers me the most--- and if I do holler "Jesus" it's because I figure I'll be meeting Him in a couple of minutes! 8)
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: happylanding on May 28, 2006, 03:10:01 PM
........and if I do holler "Jesus" it's because I figure I'll be meeting Him in a couple of minutes! 8)
good point! I would be worried about being in a cockpit and start praying! ;) ;)
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: happylanding on May 28, 2006, 03:25:58 PM
FlyingBlind, I was looking around internet and I found a quote that it's appropriate for your sport:
"Both optimists and pessimists contribute to the society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute"...... — George Bernard Shaw
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: FlyingBlind on May 28, 2006, 05:17:34 PM
A very good quote man :D absolutely ingenious! |:)\
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: Roland on May 28, 2006, 08:16:56 PM
You know, its not the falling, that kills. It’s the sudden stop.
However, due to the fact that both my parents did that sport I got close contact to aviation. And my chance to enter this area. After the death of my father I’ve seen many other parajumpers. Cool and good people. |:)\
And, danger is everywhere. One can die in being frightened to death. So, please, go on and stay as you are. I understand parajumpers and their thoughts and know the sayings of the pilots. ;D
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: happylanding on May 29, 2006, 08:25:11 AM
However, due to the fact that both my parents did that sport I got close contact to aviation. And my chance to enter this area. After the death of my father I’ve seen many other parajumpers. Cool and good people. |:)\
And, danger is everywhere. One can die in being frightened to death. So, please, go on and stay as you are. I understand parajumpers and their thoughts and know the sayings of the pilots. ;D
Good God Roland. I’m sorry to hear that. I admire you. I mean, being able to cope with it and accepting the danger and still understanding the needs of jumping. I really hope you overcame the bad moments....
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: Roland on May 29, 2006, 08:41:59 AM
Don’t worry, land, it’s a looong time ago. In the meantime I’ve lost so many friends and colleges by “normal” accidents. Both, fixed and rotary wings. :'(
I think, to survive it is necessary to know about the danger. To close the eyes is deadly. In any case.
Title: Re: Parachuting accident(s) that may occur
Post by: FlyingBlind on May 29, 2006, 09:56:46 PM
Ya wee lilly pilots :P Come on now, parachuting is not a sport,hobby thing that should be feared! Remember it beats bungee jumping (Bungee jumping does NOT have a emergency shute, now does it ?) |:)\ Although the tragic loss of ones father....is another thing
