On TV right now: "Sons of Guns" makes a tandem skydive

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Wednesday, 9 pm EST, Discovery Channel. Preview shows an off-field landing in the woods...

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Looks like they jumped above solid cloud cover, couldn't find the LZ under canopy, and landed off on a jeep trail in the woods. Doh!

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Looks like they jumped above solid cloud cover, couldn't find the LZ under canopy, and landed off on a jeep trail in the woods. Doh!

Nah, looks like they jumped and landed where they intended on landing. You could hear the people talking about the guy coming in fast and doing a little surf.

But yes, over a pretty good cloud... guess the FAA will love to see that.

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Nah, looks like they jumped and landed where they intended on landing. You could hear the people talking about the guy coming in fast and doing a little surf.

But yes, over a pretty good cloud... guess the FAA will love to see that.

That was a second jump they did at the end of the show. The circumstances I mentioned occured on a jump at the very beginning of the show. But yeah, even that second one, he opened inside a cloud...

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I was going to ask since they're military does it matter to the FAA, but then remembered they are contractors. Any difference at all?

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Chris Wagner did the tandem and JP Furnari (or his fat, bearded twin) was the other jumper on the second jump who "swooped it in a little bit".

Chris landed in the woods on that road because that is where his video guy landed.

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Oh, you found out I had a twin......

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Chris Wagner did the tandem... Chris landed in the woods on that road because that is where his video guy landed.

Is that a good idea? I would think a tandem master's first priority is to land his pasenger safely, not to risk their life by intentionally landing in a dangerous area. Shouldn't he have gone for the safe LZ and let someone else deal with the video man in the woods? Is this a case of being so focused on trying to make the shot, that they increased the risk to the passenger? They could always make another jump to get good video for TV. But if they had hurt the passenger making this choice, it would have looked really bad...

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Maybe a good camera flyer finds a safe landing area for the tandem to follow to when the primary landing area is no longer an option.

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I was going to ask since they're military does it matter to the FAA, but then remembered they are contractors. Any difference at all?

Huge difference. They are no different than you and me. I hope no one from the FAA sees this.

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I was going to ask since they're military does it matter to the FAA, but then remembered they are contractors. Any difference at all?

Huge difference. They are no different than you and me. I hope no one from the FAA sees this.

I watched it and my first thought was what the FAA would say about it. Never really did show anybody punch a cloud. Can you say bad spot but the show must go on. I've punched a couple and the vidioit always made the recording disappear.

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