by Bob Walsh
There is a nice small airport right next to Hwy 99 in Lodi, California. I drove past it yesterday in fact. All that is there, as far as I know, is a modest restaurant and a good size sky diving operation.
Sky diving is, by its nature, somewhat hazardous. In the last 20 years something like 15 people have been killed there in dives gone bad.
Yesterday a sky diver did a bank shot off the top of an 18 wheeler driving along Hwy 99 and ended up in the roadway. It did not end well for the skydiver and severely inconvenienced a whole lot of commuters. The normal landing zone is within 50 yards of the highway.
3 comments:
"The normal landing zone is within 50 yards of the highway."
Brilliant.
Gravity is a bitch.
The jumper was a highly experienced young woman with 200+ jumps including about 20 within this week.
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