Show Chute Jumping Newest Sport Almost anything is safer than dri driving ving a car said Gary Parkin talking about the safety of sky diving He said FAA regulations re require q qui u i r e e eve every v e r y I jumper to wear two chutes one of which is packed by a j i certified parachute rigger The chances of both chutes failing is a million to one SKY DIVING which started I I three years ago with amateur jumpers as developed into a nationwide sport The Sky Haven Sport Parachute Parachute Parachute Para- Para chute Club located at Sky Haven Airport in Davis County Is one of the most active In Utah I HUGH OBRIEN O'BRIEN of Wyatt Earp fame made his first parachute parachute parachute para para- chute jump at the field Training to make a first Parachute parachute parachute para para- chute jump entails about four I 1 I hours at ground level said Mr Ir j i Parkin It includes how to land properly so the landing shock I I Is distributed up the body instead in instead instead in- in stead of being concentrated on onI I the legs It includes learning I how to land backwards and side sIde- wards and how to get out of the airplane to be in the best position for the parachute to to- open I GARY SAID theres there's no sensation sensation sensa sensa- tion like the one which I a jumper I gets in the first few seconds after he leaves the plane He I Isaid said the mind goes blank for a second and then there is the feeling of hanging in mid I I The chutes beginners use useI I have a five mile mlle an hour forward for for- forward forward for for- ward speed for control against I wind Para commander chutes which are specially built for I sport parachuting are made to toI I gain up to 18 miles per hour forward speed and accuracy I on a a landing point can be dead center AVERAGE FALL rate is miles per hour but If the legs and arms are pulled in Gary says speeds up to miles mUes an hour can be obtained Jumpers Jumpers Jump Jump- ers start learning free fall techniques at five second delays progressively Increased to 30 second delays There are no In-between In jumpers he said There are those who start learning and quit or there are those who go all out SKY DIVING Is held weather er permitting every Saturday and Sunday at the airport located located located ed at 1887 So 1800 W. W Wf in Woods Cross |