Kuro5hin: Your First Skydive: A HOWTO.
Contrary to intuition, skydiving does not feel like falling. When you initially jump out of the plane, you will feel a slight sensation of falling, but this is mitigated by the force of the wind due to the forward speed of the aircraft. You will reach terminal velocity after about six seconds, after which you will feel no acceleration until deployment. And unlike bungee-jumping, there is no ground rush, as you are simply too far away from the ground to notice things getting bigger. This is why the word "flying" is so often used to describe a jump.
Sunday, August 18, 2002
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