Posted: 2/2/2009 9:34:11 AM EDT
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090202/ap_on_re_us/skydiver_death
CHESTER, S.C. – A Georgia-based soldier says his military training helped him land safely on his first skydiving jump after the instructor strapped to his back died from an apparent heart attack. Daniel Pharr says he knew something was wrong when George Steele stopped answering his questions after their parachute deployed Saturday afternoon above South Carolina. They jumped from 13,500 feet. Pharr says he didn't panic because of his Army training, and he knew from watching television to use the parachute toggles to steer. The 25-year-old, stationed at Fort Gordon, Ga., says the nonmilitary jump was a Christmas gift from his girlfriend. Pharr says he tried unsuccessfully to revive Steele with CPR when they landed. This is down the road from me. I would shit a brick. Better Link http://www.heraldonline.com/120/story/1108488.html |
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interesting and IBCP in before capt. pooby IIRC, and CP can weigh in on this, students and tandems are required to have an AAD? now, did this event in question have the student deploy the main or did an AAD do it's job and he landed from there? I think he passed after the main shoot. |
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interesting and IBCP in before capt. pooby IIRC, and CP can weigh in on this, students and tandems are required to have an AAD? now, did this event in question have the student deploy the main or did an AAD do it's job and he landed from there? I think he passed after the main shoot. doh, RIF 
and it's not like they don't teach the students anything before the jump.. the kid was taught a thing or two. |
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This place is right beside we we shoot this Sporting clays benefit called the High Cotton Classic. You look up and there are 10 guys right above you at about 3000 feet. It looks and sounds like a WW2 air drop. Man, that would be sooooo tempting. TRG It would probably be fun, until they landed and came to kick your ass. 
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This place is right beside we we shoot this Sporting clays benefit called the High Cotton Classic. You look up and there are 10 guys right above you at about 3000 feet. It looks and sounds like a WW2 air drop. Man, that would be sooooo tempting. TRG It would probably be fun, until they landed and came to kick your ass. I used to skydive at SkyDance Skydiving in CA.. the DZ was right next to a shooting range... we made it a point to not give them any temptations! |
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nothing like having a dead guy strapped to you for your first jump out of an airplane I dunno man, he was probably nice to land on.... 
"I just couldn't help but feel like I had a lot of dead weight on my back when we landed" |
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nothing like having a dead guy strapped to you for your first jump out of an airplane I dunno man, he was probably nice to land on....
"I just couldn't help but feel like I had a lot of dead weight on my back when we landed" That would be the ultimate surprize butt sex....
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090202/ap_on_re_us/skydiver_death CHESTER, S.C. – A Georgia-based soldier says his military training helped him land safely on his first skydiving jump after the instructor strapped to his back died from an apparent heart attack. Daniel Pharr says he knew something was wrong when George Steele stopped answering his questions after their parachute deployed Saturday afternoon above South Carolina. They jumped from 13,500 feet. Pharr says he didn't panic because of his Army training, and he knew from watching television to use the parachute toggles to steer. The 25-year-old, stationed at Fort Gordon, Ga., says the nonmilitary jump was a Christmas gift from his girlfriend. Pharr says he tried unsuccessfully to revive Steele with CPR when they landed. This is down the road from me. I would shit a brick. Better Link http://www.heraldonline.com/120/story/1108488.html 
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