Close call, glider very close to skydivers

Glider flies through skydivers dropzone area.

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Sports

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• skydiving
• henk
• kuipers
• pcmn
• skywim

[pulsejet1]

May have been a little close but seen worse. Especially if you're skydiving at a glider facility, you have to look-look-look before jumping. They use the same windcone as we do.

[kuipersh]

@pulsejet1 One teammate opened at about 30 meters from the glider. At freefall/opening speed this is very close. These guys are all explicitly instructed not to fly through the dropzone!

[pulsejet1]

@kuipersh Like I said, they use the same windcone we do to an extent. I spent eight years at a DZ where gliders also operated and that was always an added 'threat'. Sometimes you knew you were going to be in the same 'space' as a glider. Sometimes it meant a go around. A lot of times it was just a call for better communication between our jump pilots and glider pilots. But not to fly thru 'your airspace' is like them telling you you can't jump in theirs.

[Citiz3nInsane]

Like you had to add this cheap alarm sound to make it look more dangerous...