Gravity Devils Skydiving Exhibition Team

[SouthernJumper 0]

[url]http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080629/LIFESTYLE/806290351

[kkeenan 14]

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"The most dangerous part about skydiving is the car ride to the airport," said Soignet. "Statistics-wise, you're more likely to be injured in a car accident getting to the drop zone than the actual skydive."

Where have we heard that before ??

I think that is statistically true, but only if your DZ is 10,000 miles away.

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Dude, you are so awesome...
Can I be on your ash jump ?

[airtwardo 7]

I think that is statistically true, but only if your DZ is 10,000 miles away.

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. . .or if ya drive like FutureDivot!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[SouthernJumper 0]

HAHA well its a news paper the things we were interviewed on turned out different on paper but it still looks good for the sport

[Governor 0]

For discussion purposes let's assume there are 4 million jumps made by all methods of skydiving and 40 fatal accidents each year and 40 thousand real skydivers. If you are a tandem jumper your odds of having a fatal jump are 1 in 4 million. If you are a bullet proof wonder in that 300 to 900 hundred jump window you really don't realize the risk you are taking. After all, you account for over 80% of all serious and fatal accidents.

In the last case are those who have several decades and 1000's of jumps invested in the sport and realize the odds of them being involved in a fatal accident are very real, 1 in 40,000. Humm, those are not great odds! Wonder how they manage to hang around for so long?

[howardwhite 6]

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Skydivers can only jump in designated areas called drop zones, which are cleared of aircraft by the Federal Aviation Administration.

I didn't know that. Interesting

HW

[Governor 0]

I didn't know that either....