Philb

What's the significance of 13,000feet and skydiving?

Is that the highest you can skydive from or the general height of jumps?

Excuse the daft question, i'm not a skydiver.

p

falling janice

On 18 Mar, 15:55, Philb <notha...@spamfree.net> wrote:
> What's the significance of 13,000feet and skydiving?
>
> Is that the highest you can skydive from or the general height of jumps?
>
> Excuse the daft question, i'm not a skydiver.
>
> p

that ok love , wee forgive you xx

no significance !!!

no it not the highest you can jump from

in the states you can jump from 22000 feet , the russians will let you
jump from any height for a back hander

luugnutes

On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:55:24 GMT, Philb <nothanks@spamfree.net> wrote:

> What's the significance of 13,000feet and skydiving?

Economics.

Kevin McCoy

Philb wrote:
> What's the significance of 13,000feet and skydiving?
>
> Is that the highest you can skydive from or the general height of jumps?
>
> Excuse the daft question, i'm not a skydiver.
>
> p

Here in the States, the pilot of an unpressurized plane must breathe
supplemental oxygen above 14,000 feet. Since most skydive planes are
unpressurized, that limits you to 13K +- for economical reasons - both
oxygen and fuel costs.

Some drop zones here in the States will do higher-altitude jump runs,
but the jumps cost more. Higher altitude is necessary for large
formation jumps.

I did a jump from 30,000 feet in California a few years ago - everyone
was on military style oxygen masks in the plane and "bailout bottles"
for the jump. Lots of fun with 3 minutes of free fall time, expensive,
and *very very* cold.

Kevin