"I Was Now Spinning Pretty Good..."

From: viable@ix.netcom.com (Joseph Miller)

To: gg@precision.net
Subject: Raven Save

Hi George,

I want to thank you specifically, and everybody at Precision for my latest Raven save (it was my second time). I am a cameraman and jump a Stiletto 135 loaded at 1.63. I was on an AFF video dive where the student (level 1) kept on dipping because he wanted to do ripcord touches with his left hand instead of his right. He pulled his own ripcord with assistance of the JM at just under 5000 ft. I filmed the opening then threw out my own pilot chute. The bag came off straight and the canopy looked like it was going to open on heading, but when the canopy opened, the right side spun and gave me about 4 line twists. I've been in line twists before with this canopy and its not fun. I got to a point where a stopped the twists but couldn't make headway on getting out of them. I was now spinning pretty good since I saw the horizon a few times while looking UP at my canopy. I tried looking at my altimeter but the Gs were not in my favor so I decided to cut away at what I estimate to be 2800ft, took about a 2 second delay then pulled my reserve handle. Nice blue Raven 1 out faster than I could even hope for. I stuck my handles down my jumpsuit, cleared the brakes and checked my altimeter: 2000ft. I flared it once, took a single wrap on each toggle and landed very nicely a little away from the drop zone. Thanks again for the great product.

Joe Miller

Freefall Videographer
viable@ix.netcom.com

Ps. Do you still do the free T-shirt thing? If not, how can I get one?