[Land-speed] Driving skills

[john robinson]

nah, not really, we do "relative work" in freefall,  where we maneuver in 
freefall relative to one another , taking various handgrips, legs, hands or 
combination of, to make "points". by "blowing the jump" , I meant that 
somebody forgot the next maneuver and subsequently screwed up the rest of 
the jump by being in the wrong place in the formation, with the wrong 
handhold ... on the big jumps, where 200-300 jumpers are trying for a 
record, everybody has to have the correct handhold, and be in the correct 
slot, and everybody has to hold the dive for 5 seconds, one wrong hold, one 
hand not making contact, and the dive has been blown, and no record... 357 
skydivers in formation is the world record by the way.....and I will never 
have the skill level needed for the big jumps like that...  I started 
jumping way too late in my life for the skills needed..33 years old for my 
first jump..24 years ago..

you wrote:

>" we find you will forget a maneuver, and blow the jump."
>
>That could hurt.
>
>DW

           John Robinson, Mechanician
   Mechanical Engineering University of Wisconsin
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            Current World Land Speed Record Holder
                  Bonneville Salt Flats
                      H/GCC 92 cu.in. 1980 Dodge Colt
                  144.396 MPH set 2000
         Antarctic Ice Driller 2002-03
         Greenland Ice Driller 2006