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Morris Dovey

George Max (in ) said:

| That's a good thing - careful inspection. Even better that they
| take more than one parachute. Do you know if they take only 2? Is
| it even possible to take 3?

It's possible - but the question is really: Once you've determined
that the current chute is not going to do the job, how much time is
available to deploy the next? From "Beautiful Streamer" (US
paratrooper's lullabye): "Time is elapsing - and here is the ground."

There's always the inclination to attempt to correct any problem with
the currently deployed canopy before releasing it and trying the
reserve...

| And crazy looks like a pretty fair description of people that jump
| from perfectly good airplanes.

Ok.

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto