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3. In ye olden days

Tue Jul 2, 2013, 12:00 PM

Jul 2013

Back in the early 80's when I started jumping, half the sydivers that died in the US every year were still in the airplane.

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Never trust a skydiver skydive forever Jul 2013 #1

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I can tell you first hand, sky diver pilots do not watch santamargarita Jul 2013 #4