Why jump out of a perfectly good aircraft?................
Our dad was a pilot in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. Thanks to G-d, he survived and returned home to us. Dad used to say: "There are two types of people that jump out of airplanes. Idiots, and people in the armed forces." Yes, our dad had jumped out of airplanes. That said, if he still had two wings, he would fly, glide down instead of jumping.
In the evening!
“Why jump out of a perfectly good aircraft?................”
My thoughts exactly!
I did get into rock-climbing and caving a bit a couple or three decades ago. I had boys and no girls, and a former boy scout husband, so I had to get with the program if I wanted to join in the adventuring. But, all of us agreed no sky-diving or hang-gliding.
Why jump out of a perfectly good aircraft?................
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May not be “perfectly good”....
Used to work with a guy that jumped with “The Flying Elvi” in Vegas. Going up from Boulder City one afternoon and the engine started sputtering, had 12 or 14 jumpers on-board. Took them less than 10 seconds to vacate the plane.
Everybody landed safely, even the pilot. He got that empty plane back to the airport.
The guy was a first-class Nut - Good Fun.
Probably 35 years ago now.
Bad fuel - antifreeze contamination.