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simonebrunozzi on Sept 15, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Unplanned Freefall? Some Survival Tips (2001)

> As you go down 15,000 feet, you can also go sideways two-thirds of that distance—that's two miles! Choose your landing zone. You be the boss.

Pretty interesting. I wouldn't have imagined you could do this.

KineticLensman on Sept 15, 2021 | [–]

Tracking [0] is frequently used by skydivers after close freefall formation manoeuvring ('relative work') to increase their horizontal separation before deploying their canopies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracking_(skydiving)

abcd_f on Sept 15, 2021 | [–]

Probably depends on whether you are in boxers or in a speedo.

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