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Originally Posted by BlueSkyJaunte
6.8??? You're nuts.
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The funny thing (to me) is that I've seen plenty of fellow sky-dogs jump out of planes with smaller canopies than that. Yes, actual parachutes.
You have got to be on your "A" game to pilot a 69 sqft. canopy and not kill yourself, especially at wing loadings approaching 3:1 (balls and skill already being compulsory at that level).
Nothing like hearing the distinct "whistle" of spectra lines from a tiny canopy landing nearby, at faster approach speeds than the plane that dropped them!
Here's a "first flight" on an Icarus 69 (skip to 4:50 to see landing from ground perspective):
Here's another swoop on an Icarus 69:
Distance record (same guy in first vid):