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maryl
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Shortly after jumping from an aircraft at 5000 or so feet, a man deploys his parachute. When he looks up he sees a rather large hole in his parachute. Nonetheless he lands safely without assistance and without using his reserve chute. Why did he survive?
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harpanet
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Re: Jumping from a plane
« Reply #1 on: Jun 28th, 2003, 1:36pm » |
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He survived because the hole was part of the parachute design. The holes in modern parachutes are a stabilization feature.
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maryl
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Re: Jumping from a plane
« Reply #3 on: Jul 10th, 2003, 4:10pm » |
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Was this "hole" a shock to our friend?
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maryl
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Re: Jumping from a plane
« Reply #4 on: Jul 11th, 2003, 10:36am » |
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No the hole was not a shock. Harp had the answer above.
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Re: Jumping from a plane
« Reply #5 on: Jul 16th, 2003, 11:05am » |
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Though I realize it is solved, another good answer would be that he was on the ground, 5000 ft above sea level and inspecting his parachute.
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