1. Dan PoyntersJumping with nothing at all 2010ParaPub.com

2. Many Stories BeginFairy TalesJump StoriesParaPub.com 3. Aviation, 1903 -HorizontalVertical100+ Years of ChallengesParaPub.com 4. Poll How many are pilots? More than 100 hours?How many have made a parachute jump? More than 100 jumps?ParaPub.com 5. Vertical AviationParaPub.com 6. To Honor Vertical AviationParaPub.com 7. My Books 7 on parachutes and skydiving 3 on hang gliding 100+ on other subjectsParaPub.com 8. London - 1802Andre Jacques GarnerinParaPub.com 9. Lea Green - 1837Robert CockingParaPub.com 10. How Many Have Survived a Great Fall?More than 100,000 saved by parachutesParaPub.com 11. Many with Partial CanopiesParaPub.com 12. 7 Wreckage RidersParaPub.com 13. 3 With Nothing at AllParaPub.com 14. Having a Bad Day? Some days are worse than othersParaPub.com 15. Surviving the FallNicholas Alkemade, Flight Sergeant, RAF.ParaPub.com 16. Nicholas Alkemade joined the RAF in 1940 and served with Squadron 115ParaPub.com 17. The Lancaster Bomber This was to be the sixteenth and last major attack on Berlin by the Royal Air Force Bomber Command. A thundering wave of three hundred aircraft poised to bore through the cold substratosphere and finish the job of pulverizing Berlin's war potential. NickMarch 1944ParaPub.com 18. The Lancasters Specifications Engine: Wingspan: Length: Height: Wing Area: Maximum Speed: Cruising Speed: Service Ceiling: Maximum Weight: Empty Weight: Fuel Capacity: Range: Armament:4 Rolls Royce Packard Merlin 224 V-12's 102 feet 69 feet 6 inches 20 feet 4 inches 1300 square feet 275 miles per hour 185 to 225 miles per hour 20 000 feet ( maximum weight) 61 500 pounds 36 500 pounds 2154 Imperial gallons 2530 miles with 7000 pound bomb load 1730 miles with 12 000 pound bomb load 1550 miles with 22 000 pound bomb load nose turret -two .303 cal. mid-upper turret -two .303 cal. tail turret -four .303 cal.ParaPub.com 19. The Bomb Bay A two-ton blockbuster and six thousand pounds of incendiaries. The Lancaster was designed to carry lots of bombs a long way.ParaPub.com 20. The ArmamentNick Alkemade was a tail gunnerParaPub.com 21. Crawling Back to the Tail TurretParaPub.com 22. Bombing BerlinParaPub.com 23. Attacked by a Junkers 88ParaPub.com 24. The Tail Turret Four-30 caliber machine gunsParaPub.com 25. Protected Part Way by SpitfiresParaPub.com 26. Fighters Did Not Have Enough Range to Protect the BombersBombers could fire back at aircraft but not at Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA)ParaPub.com 27. The Location of his ParachuteParaPub.com 28. His QAC (chest) parachute could not be worn in the cramped turret. It was stowed nearby.ParaPub.com 29. The EquipmentIrvin in Letchworth HertsNote how the parachute pack is attached to the harnessParaPub.com 30. His Parachute was on Fire Half of the British airman were lost in these raidsParaPub.com 31. The FreefallThe Sky is Not the Limit.The Ground is the Limit.ParaPub.com 32. NextParaPub.com 33. The LandingParaPub.com 34. The Physics of FreefallParaPub.com 35. The Physics of FreefallParaPub.com 36. Drag Area v Speed Speed Range 170-280 kph 115-170 mphDrag can be altered. Weight remains the same.ParaPub.com 37. Freefall Table for Various Fall RatesSpeed Range: 110 190 mph Speed Range: 170 280 kphParaPub.com 38. Fall Slower170-kph or 115 mph280 kph or 170 mphSlower in Prone Position ParaPub.com 39. Go head-down to fall faster ParaPub.com 40. To Survive the Impact Fall as slowly as possible Locate best landing area Spider position increase dragSnow not water or earthDissipate impact forces HillsideLook for terrain slanted & soft ParaPub.com 41. Disperse Energy over Maximum Body AreaAbrupt Ground DecelerationParaPub.com 42. To Decelerate from Terminal Velocity Spider position Steep hillside Deep snow ParaPub.com 43. Parachute Landing FallParaPub.com 44. Freefaller #1 He hit the edge of a snow-covered ravine and rolled to the bottom. He was badly hurt but survived. Russian Lt. I.M. Chisov, 1942. Bailed out at 21,980 feet (6699 m) and attempted to freefall to a lower altitude to escape German planes. He blacked out. He landed on the steep bank of a snow-covered ravine and slid to the bottom. ParaPub.com 45. Pepperell Skydiving CenterMy personal experienceParaPub.com 46. Aerial View of AirportParaPub.com 47. 1972, Pepperell, MA, USA Student, first jump, static line. Top pin broke and trapped the (soft,Snow bank on edge of road (fromelastic) cone.snow plow)Suffocated in snow Only had a broken wristParaPub.com 48. The Soviet ANT-6ParaPub.com 49. Russian ParachutistsParaPub.com 50. Wingsuits The FutureParaPub.com 51. History: New Canopies were for Experienced Jumpers OnlyParaPub.com 52. Did not Know we Could Land ThemParaPub.com 53. Prediction Next: Skydiving centers will build prepared landing areas Soft runways Slanted/on a hillsideSomeday: Easily repeatable on level ground.ParaPub.com 54. Prepared Landing AreasParaPub.com 55. Who will be the Pioneer? Chuteless Jump: Rod Pack CN Tower, Toronto: Bill Cole Many other FirstsParaPub.com 56. Now, Back to Freefaller #2 Alan Magee, 1943. A ball-turret gunner in a B-17. Was tossed out of his burning aircraft at 20,000 feet/6,700 meters. Then he lost consciousness and crashed through the glass roof of the St. Nazaire (France) railroad station.The Train Station in St. NazaireAlan MageeParaPub.com 57. Now, Back to Freefaller #3Nicholas Alkemade, Flight Sergeant, RAF. The story continues ParaPub.com 58. Saved by Trees & SnowParaPub.com 59. Found by FarmersParaPub.com 60. Picked upParaPub.com 61. The Interrogation Was he a spy dressed as a downed airman? Spies can be shot. Combatants become POWs. Was he alone or were there more spies in the area?ParaPub.com 62. ParaPub.com 63. Durchgangslager der LuftwaffeDulag Luft: Transit Camp & Interrogation CenterParaPub.com 64. ParaPub.com 65. ParaPub.com 66. ParaPub.com 67. Solitary Confinement Cell at Dulag LuftParaPub.com 68. Latimer House in the UK Where Axis Airmen Were InterrogatedRudolf Hess was kept here for a whileParaPub.com 69. The BasementParaPub.com 70. The Cells Beneath the BuildingParaPub.com 71. The Interrogation ContinuedHans Scharff, One InterrogatorParaPub.com 72. The Prisoner ExplainedParaPub.com 73. Proof He Jumped Without a ParachuteThe hand tackings on the risers were not brokenParaPub.com 74. The Germans Loved the Story (All Were Airmen)ParaPub.com 75. The POWs Loved the StoryParaPub.com 76. Writing Paper?Flyleaf from a Bible. The only paper available.ParaPub.com 77. The Dictated Letter Dulag Luft It has been investigated and corroborated by the German authorities that the claim of Sergeant Alkemade, No. 1431537 R.A.F. is true in all respects, namely, that he has made a descent from 18,000 feet without a parachute and made a safe landing without injuries, the parachute having been burnt in the aircraft. He landed in snow among young fir trees. Corroboration witnessed by Signed: F/Lt H.J. Moore (SBO)F/S R.R. Lamb F/ST. A. Jones 25/4/44ParaPub.com 78. Meanwhile, in the PacificSouth China Sea - 1944ParaPub.com 79. Alkemades Travels312ParaPub.com 80. Stalag Luft 3ParaPub.com 81. The Great EscapeSteve McQueenParaPub.com 82. The BarracksParaPub.com 83. 5HomeWith his wife and daughterParaPub.com 84. Please Tell Others About this Program See Program Details on the WebsiteParaPub.com 85. 2QuestionsIf God wanted us to stay on the ground, He would have given us roots. ParaPub.com 86. ParaPub.com 87. My name is Dan Poynter And I dont want you to jump without a parachute--yet.ParaPub.com 88. ParaPub.com