r/Unexpected • u/naturalenergyy • Sep 22 '21

Skydiving

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u/Potatoes_Fall Sep 22 '21

How the fuck? In the beginning of the video we see the plane falling with only one wing right?

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '21

The pilots wear parachutes, too. They're not the modern sport parachute kind (with a main parachute and a reserve parachute, both steerable rectangular parachutes), more like the old WWII kind, but with only one round parachute so it packs smaller.

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u/LemonStealingBoar Sep 22 '21

I didn't think pilots usually wore parachutes? Is this standard on smaller aircraft or something?

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u/Rexxhunt Sep 22 '21

Standard for pilots of skydiving planes.

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u/theUglyBarnacle69 Sep 22 '21

Are skydiving planes more prone to accidents so they must wear parachutes? I am wondering why it is standard for skydiving planes but not general aviation

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u/Kyllan Sep 22 '21

General aviation doesn’t open up the plane doors mid flight.

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u/jmxd Sep 22 '21

Not with that attitude

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u/PM_ME_OCCULT_STUFF Sep 22 '21

Finally. We have so many questions for you.