Breaking news? Why?
With fuel that plane was probably very close to max take off weight.
Too bad they didn’t have parachutes on. /sarc
I know they were on take off climb and to low to the ground to deploy. But the irony is still there.
R.I.P. cords.
He (Morrill, manager of the company) said the pilot began working for Sky Dive Lost Prairie about 10 days ago and was experienced, with more than 500 hours of flying time. He had a commercial rating, Morrill said.
The skydivers were heading off to tandem jumps in which trainees are attached to instructors, who control the parachute that carries both people to the ground, Morrill said. The parachutists were to fly for about 30 minutes, free fall for 30 seconds or so and then have a 5-minute “canopy ride” to the ground, Morrill said.