Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane

Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane ? ! . . a skydiver’s story. . vikas kapur USPA a-16895

A bit of me. . skydiver (once), private pilot (still ). . staff scientist at Intel corp. ( EE/CS/Physics/Math/IC Design ). . Home-pages at -> www. eskimo. com/~vkapur/hm/index. html . . Linked-in pages -> http: //www. linkedin. com/profile? view. Profile=&key=1902 (also Face. Book etc. . ) . . All pics at http: //olypix. smugmug. com

. . speaking of perfectly good airplanes ; -) . . much beloved King Air N 41 DZ actually – i’ve probably jumped out this airplane most of all. .

Skydiving – most fun you can have with your clothes on : -) ( cue norm kent skydiving video )

Sequence of re-cert jump … • At Skydance Skydiving, Yolo County ( • • • near Davis ) Jump-master Max Hurd Images by Gus Wing Jump-ship Beech King-Air – exit altitude 13, 500 feet Main Canopy – Falcon 265 sq ft Breaking down the jump …

Thumbs-up at 13, 500 ft… : -)

. . and out the door, crazy-quilt of fields below. . .

. . settling into manuevers…

. . the landing zone is visible below – ol’ five-sided. . .

. . good pic of the (real) runway below -- Rwy 34 @ Yolo County airport. . .

. . view is mah-velous looking south towards the delta and Mt. Diablo. .

60 seconds of pure fun. . : -) (note the hair. . )

. . view to the west ( Lk. Berryessa over the hill. . ) – and checking altimeter… note the toes…

Note the rip-cords – 4 of ‘em in this image across 2 rigs…

. . Time to go – waving ‘clear’ …

. . starting the ‘pull’ – fields getting bigger…

Pilot ‘chute is out – ripcord visible – looking west. .

. . main is out. . slider is up…

hasta la vista / auf wiedersehen / sayonara / ‘till next time… : -)

Sequence of re-cert jump … • Play video

Play video of Skydance • Bali / tandem etc

Info about USPA and skydiving stats • United States Parachute Association – natl. • • self-regulatory sport parachute agency ( www. uspa. org ) USPA stats Key numbers – 31, 000 USPA members About 2 million jumps in year 2007 “hard-core” of about 15 -20, 000 jumpers nation-wide – making on average about 100 jumps each year…

The End and thank you : -) • Show’n’tell stuff – – – – – Norm Kent book (and DVD) Freestyle book Dan Poynter book USPA SIM Jerry Sobieski analysis Altimeter Logbook Jump-suit Skydance video and Re-cert video