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Jump #: |
01 Static Line 3,500' Canton Air Sports |
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| JM Notes: | Dearched, a little kick and
swim. Arch harder, look up at the plane. Good Landing! |
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| Personal Notes: | Dont think, arch and release
fingers. Hold PLS at landing |
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"...Wrapping
my fingers around the forward edge of the strut, I eased myself out of
the cabin and into the 75mph slip-stream. Hanging heavily beneath the
wing, I looked down at the drop zone sliding past 3,500ft below. My mind
whirling, I looked too Lerch kneeling in the doorway watching me. His
hand arched upwards and I strained to thrust my pelvis into the wind.
Then his finger snapped out at me and my hands opened.
In between heartbeats the plane fell upwards and I de-arched, looking down and swimming my legs, so many hours of practice instantly overwhelmed by instinct. `Arch-thousand, two-thousand, three-thousand,` my voice trailed away until with a rustling snap the bright rainbow fabric of my canopy whipped out and above me. Plummeting downward I took stock of my situation, fouled chute, slider hung up, line twist..."
