Show I e 1 4 T 1 Y v Ii Sky Diver Jack Mattingly prepares to tomake tomake make the first steps towards a trip through space Mr Mattingly Is a n. mem- mem A parachute jump show will be an added attraction at atthe atthe atthe the sanctioned drag races at the old Moab airport next Sunday Nov 14 Four Foul members of the Green River I Sport Parachute club will jump ump at 1 pm p.m. Sport parachuting Is often considered a dangerous sport reserved only for dare de de- vils Talk to the sky sley divers however and you will find disagreement with this line Une of thought To them parachuting Is an experience defying defying defy- defy ing ng description a challenging sport with technique and precision precision precision pre pre- requirements unsurpassed unsurpassed passed by any other sport The dangers parachutists claim are minimal only as dangerous as the man doIng doing dong do- do Ing ng it It There are far fewer injuries in parachuting than thanIn thann In n football they Insist During the free fall portion of h his s descent the 1st st normally falls at a rate of miles mUes per hour He can If f he chooses slow this down downto to o mph or to miles mUes per hour He can do any maneuver an airplane can do and some re 10 planes cant In national ber of the Sky Diving club clu which will I perform at the Drag Races slated to be beheld beheld beheld held at the old Airport this his Sunday Parachute Jump Show is an Added Attraction At Drag Races at Old Airport rt Next Sunday and International competition tion the required maneuvers are arc a degree left turn degree right turn back bacle loop degree right turn degree left turn and back bacle loop Most 1 serious competitive tive jumpers can perform these maneuvers in 10 seconds seconds sec sec- or less Points are deducted de do ducted for sloppIness or In Incorrect Incorrect incorrect In- In correct body position After the parachutist has opened his chute he has a n high degree of ity A typical sport parachute has a forward speed of 10 to 12 miles per hour and can cart make a n degree turn left or right In 25 to 3 seconds permitting the sport parachutist parachutist para para- to land at a predetermined predetermined predetermined point In competition the point is a 45 inch disc Bob Busher of the U. U S. S Army Parachute team with 1200 jumps to his credit has landed on this disc 9 consecutive times to set the world record During the display nt at Moab airport Sunday Eric Pearce and Bill Jones will demonstrate demonstrate demonstrate demon demon- strate horizontal displacement tracking Eddy Cline dine and Jack Mattingly will show free iree fall faU techniques and Bill Jones will do a n cutaway and stream stream- er In this maneuver the tha jumper opens his parachute releases one side and streamers stream stream- ers for approximately 1500 feet releases the other side goes back Into free fall iaU and opens his main parachute at ata a safe altitude The jump will be made from froman froman an altitude of feet From this altitude the jumpers jump jump- ers will fall for about 60 GO seconds seconds seconds sec sec- close your eyes and think of all the things you youcan youcan youcan can do in 60 GO seconds parachutes parachutes parachutes para para- chutes will open at approximately approximately approximately 2500 feet off the ground For the benefit of spectators spectators tors rs smoke will be worn by the jumpers to mark their free fall faU descent |