Close call with a glider

Skydivin: freeflying (2 way sit fly) in England. Passed glider at between 4,500 & 5,000 in freefall. The DZ shares the LZ with a glider school but they operate in a slightly different area. It's not thought this was a gliding school glider but one on cross-country. It was not sighted from the plane before exit - there was scattered cloud.

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• skydiving
• freefly
• sit
• fly
• glider

[cirrusflyboy1]

Deliberately jumping out of a perfectly serviceable aircraft and then hazarding a glider in flight is a silly thing to do!

[MrTumnus8896]

@flippingell Why do they have to jump at all, in my mind they have a death wish.

[MrTumnus8896]

@flippingell A Glider, well anything to my knowledge as a glider pilot, should not be flying over Weston on the Green as it is a parachuting zone, is it not?

[tomprid3]

i fly gliders, it was a bit dodgy from the pilot to fly near the DZ but he maybe on the edge of the DZ limit according to his GPS which maybe out compared with real-world positions

On a good soaring day when lots of gliders will be flying it would make sense not to jump near lots of cumulus as thats where you will find most gliders, go for bigger gaps (if poss) as we tend not to cross those

why jump out of a perfectly servicable aircraft? thats what i find scariest about this video lol jks

[RaXz2k]

It's difficult to estimate distances in the air, it looks like more then 20 metres. Sunday, I plane flew past me while I was under canopy, much much closer than in this video, I estimated it about 20 metres too, I could see the silhouette of the pilot head. Still 40 or 60 metres is still too close for comfort!

Glad that nothing happened to you guys besides a scare, be carefull!

[renzoross]

were is this?

[jdcarboncom]

I fly gliders. That's a long ways away, and you're rapidly descending.. Still, not a smart move on their part.

[Rickenbacker69]

More like 60m if you compare the distance to the wingspan of the glider (usually 15m), but still looks scary. I know I would be feeling a little shaky if i was in that glider :). Guess he should have been on the frequency checking for skydivers before entering your airspace...

[Qballfph]

ever jump cal. city? some glider pilots are just complete Assholes! kinda like us jumpers :-)~

[Dejablue630]

Very cool.