Downwind Jumprun

[murrays 0]

This past Sunday, my flocking partner Steve and I had the plane (C182) to ourselves after letting off 2 swoopers low and it occurred to me to get the pilot to give us a downwind jumprun so that we could fly straight back to the dz and get the benefit of tailwinds and forward throw for the entire skydive.

It worked great! We got out too close... 1.5 miles away @ 9,500' .... and we flew about a 1/2 mile past the dz and then turned around to come back. I was under canopy at 4,000' and fly an old Classic I.

This is likely something that people at big dzs won't be able to do but for those of you that can organize it, give it a try. Start your jumprun quite a bit further back as you will cover ground in a hurry coming in downwind, particularly if the uppers are strong.

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Murray

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[bbarnhouse 0]

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This is likely something that people at big dzs won't be able to do but for those of you that can organize it, give it a try.

We did them last October at the BirdMan Boogie here in Eloy.

[erchesle 0]

We do that a decent amount at my small DZ. We usually get out between 2 and 5 miles out, depending on uppers and what we're doing. That's with classics and GTi's. Haven't done it much with the vampires yet. It took us a while to explain to the pilot what we wanted the first time

blues - Ted

[PhreeZone 20]

If you can do a gainer exit you don't even need to fly a different jump run. Just take it on out a bit and fly it home. Its my perfered method out of tailgates and its quickly gaining favor out of the rest of the planes.

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