i just got back from oak island today from a long weekend. shit was crazy.. saw a sky diver fall from about 50 ft up when his canopy fell in. he had to be air lifted to a hospital, (i think maybe Willmington) shit was crazy, all people heard was crunch.


http://www.wbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10936869

ive been going to oak island for ever and never had seen anything like this.. im glad dudes ok..

8/16/2009 9:54:03 PM

summer

never-ending summer

8/16/2009 10:05:38 PM

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"The man and his friends are facing some legal troubles. Investigators say the jump was unauthorized and the men could face charges."

karma?

8/16/2009 10:07:40 PM

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"Police are looking for the other two jumpers -- they were seen gathering up the injured man's parachute and leaving the scene before rescue crews arrived."

that's fucked up! they left their buddy and took his shit

8/16/2009 10:31:50 PM

informative thread title.

8/17/2009 12:51:06 AM

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3650459;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread

Parachuting accidents are rarely reported correctly in the media. Some info from people who were actually there:

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"Leave it to the "sensational" news media to get it wrong again Mad. The accompanying jumpers DID NOT leave until they were directed to by local law enforcement. Get well soon! "

Quote :

"This was not a Bandit Jump, There were 4 total jumpers exiting on a low pass over the beach. A ground crew was present on the beach with a wind sock and for crowd control. All jumpers had visited the landing site and discussed pattern, winds, exit order, ect... prior to boarding the aircraft. Everything was done properly. "

In short beach jumps are normal there, I've landed on that beach at least a dozen times and the guy in question had about 200 jumps and tried a maneuver he had no experience with and bit it. It would be like taking a turn in a car going 80 mph without ever having driven 80 mph or taking a turn at 40 mph first.

[Edited on September 28, 2009 at 3:49 PM. Reason : aa]

9/28/2009 3:48:23 PM

^ one of the other jumpers right there.

9/28/2009 3:51:37 PM

I haven't jumped there since about 2002.

9/28/2009 3:54:12 PM

RIGHT NEAR DA BEACH

9/28/2009 3:56:23 PM

crazy shit! one of my friends was driving back from the beach recently and saw a guy crash a Cessna right by the highway

9/28/2009 4:20:57 PM

SAMPSON SIMPSON I TELL YA I FROM JAMAICA. THAT'S MY STORY AND I'M STICKIN TO IT

9/28/2009 4:41:58 PM