Skydiving

If I were you, I probably wouldn't go skydiving only because it is a bit unsafe. Maybe your parachute will fall off you while you are jumping if all of your safety straps are not put together properly. Or maybe you could fall before you jump. It's very dangerous so I wouldn't do it if I were you!

Ten, for both the Navy and Marine Corp. 5 at Ft Benning (army jump school earns you army silver wings. 5 more for the most beautiful gold navy version.

If by increase drag, you mean slow the descent, then generally use a larger canopy. If that's not what you mean, then I have no idea.

In skydiving, freefall delay is the amount of time allowed for the parachuter to freefall, that is, fall without opening their parachute. This is the time from leaving the plane to opening of the parachute.

Maximum Weights average 255 lbs.

usually 1 in 100,000 skydivers die every year

Back in the 1960s an American Joe Kissinger, jumped from a helium balloon at 100000 feet. There is presently a Red Bull sponsored attempt to push this to around 120000 feet. The skydiver is Felix Buamgartner and he has already done a warm up jump from around 85000ft. There is no atmosphere as such at this altitude and a spacesuit is necessary, so yes you can, with the right equipment, backing and preparation jump from the edge of space. It is already a fait accompli.

So you get away for the plane and you do get caught, plus you get to free fall

Like any high-speed impact, it would depend on:

1) In what position you actually hit the water:

- feet first, perfectly vertical = better chance of survival...less trauma

- head first, perfectly vertical = fair chance of survival...more neck/head trauma

- flat (belly or back parallel to surface of water) = far less chance of survival

...but, more importantly...

2) How fast you were falling when you hit the water (which is determined by an acceleration of g = approx 9.8 meters per second per second on Earth...assuming initial velocity of 0 meters-per-second moving vertically when you fell out of the plane).

The human body reaches terminal velocity (highest speed at greatest air resistance) at about 120 mph. If you hit the water at this speed, you would most likely not survive...most of this would depend on (1).

If you were not falling flat, but head first, with arms straight or to your side (reducing your air resistance), you can continue to accelerate to a velocity greater than 120 mph.

All-in-all, if you fell from a height of 70 meters or greater and hit solid ground, statistics show that you would most likely die...or suffer massive trauma.

Falling from such a height and hitting the water would not be too different than hitting any other hard surface at high speed (as an approximation, of course).

For the average skydiver, the first 15 seconds would cover 2,000 feet. So jumping from 7,000 feet would put him at 5,000 feet in 15 seconds.

Skydiving injuries can happen at any time to anyone. I don't think that there is a central place where all the injuries are reported. I have been hurt 4 times (1 major) in over 650 jumps. I know people that have thousands of jumps and have never been hurt at all.

Work is the force times distance, so the answer is 2,850,000 joules.

Air Resistance slows the parachute down.

Absolutely you can skydive near Wichita Kansas! Air Capital Drop Zone has been in business since 2001, they're located about 10 minutes SE of Wichita, East of Derby. The phone number is 316-776-1700, web site listed below. They have an excellent safety record, the instructional staff are great! Give em a call, and find out first hand why someone would want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane!

The number depends on the type of tunnel.

There were a reported 12,817 injuries from indoor skydiving tunnels worldwide last year with all of them resulting from tunnels with fans at the bottom, including those made by BodyFlying Airodium AG in Switzerland, Aerodium Technologies in Latvia, Portable Wind Tunnels, LLC and Vertical Wind Tunnel Corporation in United States, Free Flight in Australia (which has since closed its tunnel).

Open top wind tunnels are the most dangerous and vortex producing tunnels like those found in Shanghai, China, Las Vegas, Nevada, and in some amusement parks are increasingly dangerous. Many deaths have occurred from people falling over the side or down the sides or dropping quickly when the turbine, which is located at the bottom or sides, shuts off.

Here is a video of what ended up being a very bad accident. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxh2gy_sFFU

The only safe vertical wind tunnels are those operated by SkyVentures, PacAirVentures, and under the brand name iFLY. There have been no reported incidents of insurance claims in their more than 10 year history. This is largely due to the design and safety measures built into their tunnels. It may also be due to their extensive training of instructors, two of which are present for every flight.

i don't know the answer to that but the statistics for the whole globe is 1:100,000 skydivers per year

According to the United States Parachute Association, an individual may not skydive unless they are 18 years of age, or 17 years of age with parental consent. Individual drop zones, or skydiving centers, may put additional limitations on the age to skydive, limiting the age to 18 and older. There is no maximum age to skydive.

There are no places in Kansas City area yet, but Schlitterbahn is planning to complete an indoor skydiving place soon.

a parachute

1, dan buckley from saltford Bristol on the 10th of April 2009

You were in freefall for about one minute.

no you are suppose to have a license to sky dive

Sure, depends on the type of surgery, time since the surgery and if your doctor gives you the ok to do that activity.