GGNHL Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 LEBANON, Maine (CBS) – A skydiving instructor is presumed dead after he went missing Thursday afternoon after losing his parachute during a tandem jump in Maine. Search crews are attempting to find Brett Bickford, 41, of Rochester N.H. He lost his parachute about a mile above the ground. Bickford, an instructor from Skydive New England, was participating in a tandem jump. Maine State Police said the student landed safely and called 911 to report that Bickford fell not long after jumping out of the plane. Crews are searching in the area surrounding Skydive New England again Friday after a search that lasted several hours Thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 I hate losing stuff. I never jumped “tandem” and never fucking would. Unless she was hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1R9sledder Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 14 minutes ago, GGNHL said: LEBANON, Maine (CBS) – A skydiving instructor is presumed dead after he went missing Thursday afternoon after losing his parachute during a tandem jump in Maine. Search crews are attempting to find Brett Bickford, 41, of Rochester N.H. He lost his parachute about a mile above the ground. Bickford, an instructor from Skydive New England, was participating in a tandem jump. Maine State Police said the student landed safely and called 911 to report that Bickford fell not long after jumping out of the plane. Crews are searching in the area surrounding Skydive New England again Friday after a search that lasted several hours Thursday. I was reading about this earlier this morning. What's really odd is I thought the parachute was attached to the instructor. Then I found this Equipment[edit] Tandem skydiving requires equipment with several differences from normal sport skydiving rigs. All modern tandem skydiving systems use a drogue parachute, which is deployed shortly after leaving the plane in order to decrease the skydivers' terminal velocity. This is necessary for proper parachute deployment, lengthening the duration of the skydive, and allowing the skydivers to fall at the same speed as videographers. Tandem skydiving systems also use larger main parachutes (360 square feet and larger) to support the additional weight of two passengers. The FAA requires tandem parachute rigs to be equipped with a main and reserve parachute, as well as an automatic activation device (AAD), a safety device that automatically deploys the reserve parachute if it detects that the skydivers are still at freefall speed below a certain altitude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s pump Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 2 hours ago, GGNHL said: LEBANON, Maine (CBS) – A skydiving instructor is presumed dead after he went missing Thursday afternoon after losing his parachute during a tandem jump in Maine. Search crews are attempting to find Brett Bickford, 41, of Rochester N.H. He lost his parachute about a mile above the ground. Bickford, an instructor from Skydive New England, was participating in a tandem jump. Maine State Police said the student landed safely and called 911 to report that Bickford fell not long after jumping out of the plane. Crews are searching in the area surrounding Skydive New England again Friday after a search that lasted several hours Thursday. We have a skydiving outfit down the street. I see 15 guys jumping out of the plane 10 times a day during weekends. About every 5 years somebody drills in. No thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted September 28, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted September 28, 2018 " quick , we found a thumb over here" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snatchslayer Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Some reasons I refuse to fly. Especially when I'm carrying my sack of money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Seems like a bad week to be a "Brett"... 9 hours ago, GGNHL said: Search crews are attempting to find Brett Bickford, 41, of Rochester N.H. He lost his parachute. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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