skydive near miss video

[WWJD]

something you do NOT want to see [experience] while skydiving.
if you play back in slo-mo, you can see the tail on the lower right.
note to potential, insterested skydivers: this would be an exceedingly RARE circumstance as all skydive airports require radio clearance

near miss

 

[Charlesbusa]

He's gonna have to check his shorts when he gets to the ground

 

[PACIFICBUSA]

wow....

 

[fstbusa]

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!

wtf are you jumping over the airport for?

 

[WWJD]

that's not MY video, thank God!

Skydive Airstrips are were you jump. Plane go up, you come down.

That aircraft should have checked his charts, called in his position on proper frequency, and been told to route around falling objects

 

[jay21112]

I watched that and was like big deal...there was a plane in the distance.

Then I re-read your post.....tail in the bottom right.

I was like, huh, the plane was on the top left.....then it hit me, and I was like holy crap!!!

 

[WWJD]

gotta figure falling strait down vertically at 120 MPH, plane going at LEAST that horizontally, had to be close for the visual he filmed! I think the sound cut out as he went thru the planes wind wash..... er... whatever it's called

 

[fstbusa]

its called jet wash.....

if its a propeller plane..... called prop wash

I know this cuz my uncle is a leer jet pilot for principal financial in DM. and My other uncle and grandfather both fly

 

[WWJD]

.... yeah that. I knew that. My Blond is showing again

 

[MrGxr]

Wow...

 

[WWJD]

and why is it called WASH when no water is involved? ? ?

isn't winter long?

 

[busagod]

Dammmmmm!

 

[Glyn]

A little tooooo close for comfort there

 

[stkr00]

Dayum!

They're actually called: Wingtip vortexes. They can last for at least a mile behind large jets, but spread outward and down as they dissipate.

The should have been listening to the ATIS reports which would have given him the NOTAM's (Notice to Airmen) and informed him of the skydivers. Either way, someone wasn't communicating what they were doing.

 

[VaBusa]

I had to watch it several times to find the frame...THAT'S scary...there's yet another reason I'll never skydive...thanks WWJD!

 

[WWJD]

well, that is not a NORMAL thing. it's as rare as say having a heartattack in teh air or forgetting to pull your ripcord. not rare enough to get on film? ? consider how many filming skydivers are out there. TONS. I think 1 camera for every 5 jumpers.. tons of footage, so a rare occurance gets caught on tape

 

[WWJD]

skydiving is the most amazing thing I have ever experienced. TOTAL blast! I'd be pro now but I quit before addiction hit, and it was not as easily accessable as cycling. so there ya go.

 

[stkr00]

I'll fly a plane, but there's no way in heck I'm jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.

If the engine quits, then I can glide to a somewhat controlled landing...If the parachute doesn't open, you're done.

 

[WWJD]

hehehehehe. I probably would not have jumped until after I heard about all the cool technology involved. if your chute don't open, you pull your reserve or backup chute. everyone gets one. and there's a computer that cuts your ripcord if you black out and it detects horizontal and vertical rates along with altitude and WILL launch your chute for you. again required for new jumpers. strk, did you know that while outside a plane you are considered a craft in the sky exactly like another airplane according to FAA? Man, now I'm exciting myself. Ever since then on commercial jets, I gaze out the window and think what two minutes of free fall wold be like at 35,000 feet, or what it would be lik eto jump from that little Exit door over the wing, or where there's a tree or a lake I could air toward should the plane explode and I need to "fly" to a landing. Ok, now I'm probably spooking people

The new square parachutes are tons better than the old round crap. you can steer them really well, like a glider, and land VERY softly. Just like cycling, it's ALL about safety, you know your gear, your limits, check all surrounding skys ALWAYS, plan your jump and landing. Anyway, it's the most amazing rush EVER..... hanging on the OUTSIDE of an airplane like it's the back of your buddies jeep, 2 miles, up, 90mph wind, then just letting go.... aaaaaaahhhhh.. not AAHHHHH!!! very freeing

these are not smiles of fear

 

[Deuces]

WOW!!! I gotta go this summer for a jump.