Skydivers

[Kilrah]

It is, the pilot was a friend's father-in-law, many years ago... I was told the guy hanging from the prop was supposed to be standing on the cowling and leaning on the prop, but slipped (and let go shotly after...)

[Ragwing]

is this even a real shot?

If you have ever flown a twin?
Note the rudder position and think of flying a twin with an engine out.

[Mike]

is this even a real shot?

If you have ever flown a twin?
Note the rudder position and think of flying a twin with an engine out.

yeah, I got like 5 hours in twins I think....

I can't really see much on the rudder but after taking another look I see that he's putting in quite a bit of ailerons to what looks like compensating for all the weight on one side.

This looks like something Chuck would do...   

[chuckar101]

Looks real, but stupid.  Especially if he shut the engine down at a lower airspeed for the jumpers, probably pushing Vmc.   

[gibbo_335]

HOLY HECTAPASCALS   
That is insane, no way would I attempt to enter a spin whilst dropping bombs!!!! People used to think we were crazy bringing a Navajo down as fast as we did but we weren't that insane 
CRIKEY!

R/C adult supervision is right  on the way down I sometimes thought "Man I wish there was a reponsible adult in the plane right now to hand over to!" 

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5c5_1331438922

This is a video from a South African DZ.  I would NOT recommend a Stall/Spin entry maneuver over a DZ, nor would I recommend holding the airplane in a spin while descending through your skydivers!     Methinks these two pilots needed adult supervision too.   

RC

[Oddball]

See that's why Mech's are the responsible ones.........we like to keep our feet on the ground! 

[Louis]

Here's my take on it:
Crazy? yes.
Adrenalin junkies? ab-so-f******-lu-te-ly.

Reckless: not nearly as much as you would think. I've seen some of the planning that goes into the more complex jumps like big-way RW, freefly and CRW. Lots of "dirt diving" (rehearsals on the ground) thorough briefings and debriefings and plenty of practice before going for it. This sort of stuff can get very technical and is not for the amateur or reckless.

The Kudu spin video has a three page thread about it on a South African forum named Avcom, including posts by one of the tandem instructors featured in it. I managed to read it through Google's cache functions. It was an accidental spin. I could armchair quarterback about it lots, but I'll say this: they let their speed get *way* too low, had inappropriate control inputs, and about as miserably failed their recovery procedures as one can short of hitting the planet.