shah269 0 #1 August 13, 2012 http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/power-players-abc-news/jumping-dream-job-parachuting-u-army-extreme-skydiving-111219678.html Enjoy! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverek 63 #2 August 13, 2012 Why the snaggy Go-Pro on the Tandem Master helmet??? (attached JPG). You would think that the U.S. government would spend $70 for a safer setup, especially for such high profile jumps like that...: http://www.chutingstar.com/newgear_en/square-one-gopro-top-mount.html Why risk the reserve lines entanglement after an unstable breakaway (remember, Skyhooks turn into normal RSLs during approx 15% of breakaways). There was a Go-Pro related BASE death few years back, and we just had one in Poland a month ago. The jumper had 2300 jumps...: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4354625#4354625 Preliminary REPORT: http://www.transport.gov.pl/files/0/30651/20120845RW.pdf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #3 August 13, 2012 Just because someone works for, or with the government, doesn't mean they know Jack Squat. It just means they THINK they know everything. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #4 August 14, 2012 That's because "snaggy" Go-Pro mounts are fashionable among civilian skydivers. Apparently they learned nothing from Robin Sutherland's death in 1988! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shah269 0 #5 August 14, 2012 Hum...maybe you guys can drop the guy an email and let him know? I just thought it was a nice little article and video. But I guess i was wrong.Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,998 #6 August 14, 2012 >Why the snaggy Go-Pro on the Tandem Master helmet? The military changes slowly if at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
obelixtim 150 #7 August 15, 2012 I can't for the life of me think why he thinks he needs a Go Pro on his helmet on a tandem jump. On his hand to video his passenger may be a bit more understandable..... With only 650 tandem jumps to his name he needs to be focussing on tandem mastering rather than filming somebody else like the camera flyer. Its not like he's free to fly around and get the best shots with a drogue hanging off his arse anyway. And as far as the cutaway/reserve entanglement scenario goes, he's putting both himself AND his rider into an extra risk zone that is totally unnecessary, and stupidly so. Unacceptable. Period. Thats my take on it, anyway.My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
michalm21 2 #8 August 15, 2012 Not to disagree, but throw another angle. It could have been done for the news piece only, as to provide a better video of "first" person under canopy etc. The cameraman of this tandem trains at my dz so I could ask him, I guess Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
obelixtim 150 #9 August 15, 2012 QuoteIt could have been done for the news piece only, as to provide a better video of "first" person under canopy etc. The camera man?. Can't really see the point of that. For the rider?. Surely they could just use the footage the camera man takes. QuoteThe cameraman of this tandem trains at my dz so I could ask him, I guess Good idea. Let us know his response. Maybe he knows, or can tell why the TM thought it was a good idea.My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
