The International Cessna 170 Association

I found this on the 120/140 site...... Be careful out there!!

http://picasaweb.google.fr/MWChartier/B ... 1075094754

so can be jumping out of a perfictly good aircraft...............

Very Cool, but this stunt looks like a contender for the Darwin Award for everyone involved...Russ Farris

In my skydiving days, I thought I had seen it all. It is not uncommon to have multiple people outside the aircraft for exit, but with one engine shut down, they have a good pilot. I don't know about the guy on the prop, he is wrapped too tight.

I'm pretty sure I can make out 7 bodies outside the aircraft. All of them are on the same side of the aircraft as the dead engine. Anyone else think its strange that the rudders appear to be centered?
JJH

JJH55 wrote:I'm pretty sure I can make out 7 bodies outside the aircraft. All of them are on the same side of the aircraft as the dead engine. Anyone else think its strange that the rudders appear to be centered?
JJH

I think the appearance of centered rudders is an illusion.


Check out the trim tab on the left rudder. Nothin' centered about that!

Bruce

I think the appearance of centered rudders is an illusion.

Good point Bruce. Must agree with you. Can't help thinking this is a photoshop job though. Any ideas how the guy got on the prop?

JJH

It's possible this is a photoshop job but I have seen many Beech 18's with this many people outside on jump run. It is standard practice to get 3or 4 outside to make the exit faster. There is a front floater in front of the door, a rear floater and two in the door facing in. There is usually a handrail mounted above the windows. Skydivers like to do this type of stunt for the camera. As for the guy on the prop, he was gutsy. Regarding the plane, the right aileron and rudder trim tab lead me to believe this is for real.

Looks pretty real to me! Right wing aileron holding the left up, right rudder, everyone on the wing watching... If that's cut & paste, its GOOD!

It's definitely a good cut-and-paste/photoshop-doctored pic. (It's actually a very good job, I have to admit, .... the give-away is that a Cessna 170 cannot actually have a feathered prop.)

I think it was a brilliant way to get the video of all the jumpers coming off the wing at once. I'm glad it wasn't me on that prop .

I guess it would be a good way to encourage a reluctant jumper to let go.... just hit the starter-button!

I talked to a B-18 pilot who used to haul divers. He claimed they had a rope strung on top of the wing so they could crawl out in a row and let go together. One day one load had the great idea of standing up before dropping off. When they did it killed ALL the lift to that side snapping the B-18 onto its back. Kind of like opps now what do I do?

"so can be jumping out of a perfictly good aircraft............."

Who has a perfectly good aircraft really anyway.... besides Steve Jacobson????

Couldn't resist.

I have no idea how he broke his arm but it made me think this was the place to post this picture. I had an instructor in A&P school with a wooden leg. He lost the original leg propping a plane. Ouch.