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 In the plane. |
 Ready, get set, ... |
 ... go! This is not how you're meant to do a dive exit, I should have been facing the direction of flight... |
 ... because otherwise ... |
 ... you go all over the place!! |
 Not a good freefall position |
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 That's not too bad, if only my knees had been back a bit... |
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 ... then I wouldn't have done this... |
 When I get stable, I first have to do a backflip. (This one's slightly sideways!) |
 All the way over. |
 And get stable again. |
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 Delta tracking - this is fast forward movement. |
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 360 degrees right |
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 I check my altitude - it's time for me to pull my parachute. |
 My parachute is opening... (this takes about 4 seconds). |
 The pilot chute (small white parachute) has just pulled the main (pink!) canopy out of the bag. Notice the line twists... |
 ...that spin me 90 degrees to the right (but thankfully aren't any worse) |
 Parachute is almost open. |
 (The white "slider" slid down the lines just after this picture was taken, allowing the canopy to open fully). |
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