Seafever
Well-Known Member
You know ..the guy who jumped out of a commercial jet over Portland area back in the seventies with 200,000 bucks........never to be seen again.
Was watching a show on this the other night........now D.B.Cooper had 4 parachutes on board, 2 of one kind and 2 of another. 2 of them were sport parachutes but he instead chose to use one of the others which I think were of a military style.
Some of the "experts" on the show said he would not have survived the jump because the parachute he chose to use was "unsteerable' and because of this he would have landed in either the lake or river that was purported to be underneath him when he came down.
I thought that ALL parachutes were steerable to some degree........more or less.
Question.......any exmilitary types out there who used to be paratroopers or jumpers who could shed some light on whether those kind of parachutes have any "steerable" qualities.?
I'd have to look up the exact chute he used........will go for a Google....
Not saying he's dead or alive........just want to get an accurate story on "steerable" chutes.....
Was watching a show on this the other night........now D.B.Cooper had 4 parachutes on board, 2 of one kind and 2 of another. 2 of them were sport parachutes but he instead chose to use one of the others which I think were of a military style.
Some of the "experts" on the show said he would not have survived the jump because the parachute he chose to use was "unsteerable' and because of this he would have landed in either the lake or river that was purported to be underneath him when he came down.
I thought that ALL parachutes were steerable to some degree........more or less.
Question.......any exmilitary types out there who used to be paratroopers or jumpers who could shed some light on whether those kind of parachutes have any "steerable" qualities.?
I'd have to look up the exact chute he used........will go for a Google....
Not saying he's dead or alive........just want to get an accurate story on "steerable" chutes.....