Guest dawson Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Air at ground level very still, but low lying cloud moving really fast overhead. Odd. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 (edited) Why is that odd? Often when we are on ground doing our pre-jump checks it can be 5-10 knots and then just before opening the plane door the pilot will give us an update of winds at current altitude (13,000 feet). Worst one I had was "30 knots on the nose mate" (nose of the plane). Unfortunately in that jump I was flying in a 4 way formation in the position in the team called outside centre which meant I had to climb out first and hold onto the side of the plane. Needless to say with a forward speed of 90mph and a relative wind speed of 30 knots I managed to hold onto the plane for approx 5 seconds and left before the rest of the group were ready. The 4 way quickly turned into a solo. Landing under canopy was as they say very "tasty" Edited June 12, 2013 by catman161 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dawson Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Do you have different flavour canopies then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dawson Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 It just felt odd. I'm acustomed to it being still on the ground and high cloud apparently moving quite quikly, but this felt a bit alien; not even a breeze on the ground, yet a few hundred feet above there must have been a gale as the cloud was ripping across the sky. Erie. Like being in the centre of a torando. By the sounds of it now, the wind is at ground level this morning. Jd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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