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That's like James Bond kinda stuff there!



I assumed the jumpmaster would have held on to him the rest of the way down. I'm not sure why he didn't.
Jump master traveling at terminal velocity, say 120 mph.
Descent rate of jumper with deployed chute? Say, 24 feet per second. (~18 mph)
Speed differential? ~100 mph
UNLESS the jump master deployed his chute at exactly the same instant, he ain't holding on to the jumper.

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