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Old 12-09-2016, 10:13 PM   #4
sexobon
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That was pretty good for only your second minute.

Ironically:

Last year I went to watch my brother try an iFly session. After the post-flight critique, the instructor asked me if I had any experience. I explained what I did in the military. I also asked the instructor to do a push turn (a.k.a. spot turn) during his next demonstration interlude to show my brother what it looked like. He asked me what a push turn was! I explained and went through the arm motions. He said they don't do that, they just turn using their legs. I told him that in military free fall, the 80 lb. backpack one would carry on the ground gets attached to the parachute harness and it flies with you behind your legs; so, you can't very well use your legs for turning. That gave him something to think about.

I like watching the team efforts in wind tunnels.

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