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Parachuting—Ups, Downs
By MAYNARD ROGERS
The airplane lurches from the
runway into the sky and your stom
ach flutters a little. Then as it
gains altitude you look down and
see the objects below slowly shrink
into mear specks.
By now you suddenly realize you
are about to throw yourself out
of an airplane 2,800 feet up in
the sky with nothing to catch
you on the way down but a 28-
foot piece of nyldn — or the
ground.
Now is the time you start won
dering, “What am I doing here?”
But then all the training you re
ceived before this momentous
event comes into your mind. And
you think of the hours on the
ground members of the local para
chute club put into getting you
ready to become a parachutist —
a skydiver.
THE AIRCRAFT climbs higher
and you think about the procedure
employed in making the exit from
the plane and about the emergency
procedures to be used if something
should go wrong.
But nothing will go wrong you
tell yourself. You have been
watching your friends for many
weeks sail through the air. And
you have complete confidence in
your ability to take instructions
from your jumpma^ter or instruc
tor — the fellow who drilled you
on the ground and who is with you
in the plane.
The plane moves over the ground
target at 2 ,>200 feet. You watch
the jumpmaster lean out and cor
rect the pilot’s approach heading,
fling a wind streamer into the
prop blast and then watch it
until it has landed. Then he selects
the exact point over which he
will tell you to jump, and directs
the pilot to the spot.
The plane’s engine revs up and
it starts its climb to 2,800 feet.
As it makes its ascension you feel
for the reserve parachute hooked
onto your main parachute pack on
your chest and you discover it’s
still there.
You know it’s there but you
want to make sure.
Then you go over in your mind
the things you were briefed on be
fore the takeoff. The instructor’s
words come back to you:
“REMEMBER, there are three
things to do on the exit before
you can become a good skydiver.
Push hard away from the plane,
go into a good solid arch and then
count out loud, shouting the
words.”
These three things are repeated
by yourself over and over again,
because you know they may be the
difference in a good or bad jump.
The plane has neared the exit
point and the jumpmaster gives the
command, “Legs out.”
You obey the command and turn
your body toward the door of the
plane and hang the legs out. By
this time the tension is very high.
You can feel the instructor be
hind you making a final check on
the static line attached to the rip
cord on your parachute. Re
member, this is your first jump
and he wants it to be safe.
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Sports Editor
Makes Jump
The feature story on this
page about sport parachuting
was written by The Battalion
sports editor Maynard Rogers
after his first parachute jump
in cooperation with the A&M
Parachute Team.
He had one problem — he al
most landed in a tree.
Ag Skydivers
Try Nationals
Five members of the A&M Para
chute team left Thursday on a
1000-mile plus drive to Lake Ge
neva, Wis., for the National Inter
collegiate Parachuting champion
ships.
Making the trip are Don Deveny
of Houston; Arthur Hicks of Port
land, Me.; Roy Diltz of Vienna,
Va.; and Loyd McCarty of San
Antonio.
R. F. Richardson, A&M student
from Dallas, will fly to the meet
Friday and will act in his capacity
as national director of the Nation
al Collegiate Parachuting League.
The five Aggie skydivers had
planned to fly to Wisconsin, but
last minute plans forced them to
go by auto.
They loaded eight parachutes,
three cases of “C” rations, two
pillows, four blankets and them
selves into Deveny’s 1953 model
car. They plan to arrive Friday
night.
Now the plane has reached the
point of exit and next command
drills through your mind like a
bullet.
“Get out.”
YOU PLACE YOUR right foot
on the wheel of the plane and the
other on the step. Both hands are
clutched to the strut under the
wing. You can feel the blast
from the prop in your face.
The plane is now over the exit
point and you feel a tap on the leg
and hear the word, “Go.”
You pause a moment, wondering
if you should throw yourself into
space or turn away from this
adventure.
It is the “moment of truth.”
But, you make the decision and
hurl your body away from the
plane, your body arches stiffly into
the wind and you’re away . . . fall
ing down, down, the wind rushing
about you.
“Don’t forget to count . . . slow
ly,” you remember. The words
can scarcly be heard one
thousand, two thousand . . It
seems like a long time . . .
THEN, A JERK. Your chute
has opened and you are floating
through the air.
You look up and see the most
wonderful piece of nylon in the
world. It’s beautiful.
Quickly you look down at the
ground and find the target area
and manipulate your parachute
with the control lines and drift
with the wind until the time to
make a landing.
All this time you are thinking
you have made a terrific accom
plishment. There is a great feel
ing of elation.
Now you are coming into the
landing zone. Again the words
of your instructor enter your mind.
You are about to make a parachute
landing fall.
AS YOU DRIFT closer to the
ground you turn the canopy to
face the wind to slow the descen-
sion of the chute. And you focus
your eyes upon the horizon.
All at once you feel the ground
rushing up to you. And you check
your body position for landing —
legs together, toes pointed down
ward, chin tucked in . . .
Then, before you realize it, you
have touched the ground, twisted
the body into a roll and you are
on your feet.
Quickly you grab the suspension
lines and run around the parachute
as it falls to the ground and
collapse it.
Now, you pause for a moment,
look about you and feel a sensa
tion of pride rush through you.
You have made a parachute
jump.
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