"Lima Bravo on two three with 13 Spring. "For the second time I heard this phrase on the headphones. Only what it means and why headphones? It was the voice of our pilot Michael that I was hearing. I was sitting in our CYPRES exception, not even back in skydiving gulf but the front of the copilot's seat of Cessna 208B Grand Caravan in civilian clothes, but restrained, and armed with headphones and microphone, the identification of the aircraft D-FALBE is.
Hence "Lima Bravo" because Lima and Bravo are the key words in the NATO alphabet for the letters L and B. Then it is also clear that "with 13 jumpers" means. And two Three "the landing path is the drive we wanted. In Hartenholm there are two: "two three" and "zero five." Both are ultimately the same take-off and landing strip, a distinction, however, the direction. With "two Three" the direction 230 ° mean. Zero degrees is north, so we wanted to run in a southwesterly direction with 13 skydivers on board.
the second time I heard that sentence, because the first attempt to have about an hour before, to bring the jumper in the air was frustrated by bad weather. Michael broke the climb just after take-off and the plane landed after a flight full of busy traffic pattern. The second attempt looked better, the sky cleared at a Particular place and that was the hole in the clouds that we wanted to make.
took Michael arrived at 4,000 meters the release of weaning, were reasons light and Springer made their way towards the ground. Shortly before the last one was reported out of the Michael Tower "Lima Bravo dropping complete". Immediately after the last tandem jumped, Michael tore the plane around and we went into a nose dive. We flew almost parallel to the last tandem towards the floor. Michael took the control again in a different direction and I could see the duo slowly disappear in the clouds. What followed were some
maneuvers, who think in this case still virginal sense of balance properly mixed brought. The eyes saw something completely different than the rest of the body perceived, and the brain was like someone wants to piss me here. An incredibly cool feeling that everything that has clearly experienced in any roller coasters in the shade.
Back at the bottom, the bad weather finally broke in upon Hartenholm and it was nothing more that day. Anyway, I was satisfied and had my experience, because: Only flying is better!
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