Never been on a plane, but I’m now well under the weight limit to go skydiving 
More take off than landings?
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On one jump, mentioned before.....out of two that I had to pull my reserve........I was near the front of the bird, a C-130..........which typically holds 64 loaded paratroopers. I think I was around the 50th out if the bird.....night jump......I jumped out, smacked another jumper after exit.......at the count of 4, I did not feel the shock of my canopy opening, waited an additional 1.5 or so seconds like an idiot and pulled my reserve. On that night, I was by far the first on the ground. It was a full moon and could see others above me. Then another jumper landed on me.
My chute had failed, over half had ripped. Ended up being a pretty big deal. It was observed by others staged on the DZ through thermal. I got lucky. We laughed.
My chute had failed, over half had ripped. Ended up being a pretty big deal. It was observed by others staged on the DZ through thermal. I got lucky. We laughed.