Posted on 10/14/2018 9:33:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin
caused the skydiver’s death, according to the agency. The FAA said she was using her own equipment.
Usually, FAA probes into such situations are limited to if the chute was packed properly and by the appropriate person. Fellow skydivers said she was experienced in the extreme sport.
Meanwhile, the skydiving center itself has a decades-long history of deaths and was investigated by federal agents earlier this year, according to KTXL.
Nineteen people have died there since the facility opened in the early 1980s, with six of them between 2016 and 2018.
After trouble in 2016, 20 center instructors were suspended and it was determined 120 more needed more training as the U.S. Parachute Association investigated.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
Gravity is clearly unconstitutional, as it deprives one of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
No love of Calif anymore, but i was born there. If I had to go, might as well be near where I was born, not some godforsaken liberal cesspool.
Thanks...now I’m stuck on youtube listening to CCR ;)
I forgot how the bionic woman sustained her injuries...It’s been forever since I’ve seen that show.
Wife will not let me even try a modern sportbike, though I used to road race the darn things decades ago. Something about slower bone healing, she says.
Where you going to find a landing zone in Lodi NJ? Route 46 west?
Why couldn’t she wait for the plane to land ?
Those were pictures from the “Bionic Woman” TV show. (tennis pro Jamie Sommers was almost killed in a skydiving accident).
It started in 1976 and went until 1978.
And she ain’t gonna jump no more.
Thank you for an informative post.
Who in their right mind would go to a facility that has had 6 fatalities in 2 years? That's like playing Russian Roulette.
For the excitement
“Falling feels like flying till you hit the ground” - Parachute, Chris Stapleton
That’s why I always jumped or dove into water...never tried sky diving.
“It started in 1976 and went until 1978.”
No wonder I don’t remember. ;) I don’t think they did a lot of reruns of the bionic women or the six million dollar man.
Not like gilligan’s island or the brady bunch.
Get a 300cc.
POTUS #41 celebrated his 90th birthday with a jump.
Tandem jumping is for queers...just saying
Shooting out of doors is scary enough!
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