Dan Grunloh
08-10-2012, 03:31 PM
2358
U.S. Flag over Ultralight Barn
One afternoon at AirVenture 2012 I looked up from the Ultralight barn volunteer parking lot and saw this parachutist with a U.S. flag gliding over the barn. He (or she) landed in a clear area near our parked aircraft. At first I thought how could they have missed airshow center by half a mile? Then I learned it was part of a 9 flag descent along the length of the runway. Our aircraft parking chairman Jim Hayden captured a series of photos from the event. They show another parachutist landing near the south end of our runway.
Mother Nature had played a trick with the winds to give us an unplanned salute to the 30th anniversary of FAR103. Another witness who saw it all said part way down gliding under canopy the suspended flags suddenly switched and began streaming the opposite direction! It became very breezy on the surface giving them a strong headwind. I estimate the flag cleared the barn roof by a generous 150 feet or more. SALUTE!
U.S. Flag over Ultralight Barn
One afternoon at AirVenture 2012 I looked up from the Ultralight barn volunteer parking lot and saw this parachutist with a U.S. flag gliding over the barn. He (or she) landed in a clear area near our parked aircraft. At first I thought how could they have missed airshow center by half a mile? Then I learned it was part of a 9 flag descent along the length of the runway. Our aircraft parking chairman Jim Hayden captured a series of photos from the event. They show another parachutist landing near the south end of our runway.
Mother Nature had played a trick with the winds to give us an unplanned salute to the 30th anniversary of FAR103. Another witness who saw it all said part way down gliding under canopy the suspended flags suddenly switched and began streaming the opposite direction! It became very breezy on the surface giving them a strong headwind. I estimate the flag cleared the barn roof by a generous 150 feet or more. SALUTE!