Amazing Skydivers View During 125 mph Free Fall From 10,000 feet

“Victoria tower, this is Cessna 182 Golf Papa India Charlie ready to go runway 13 with three skydivers aboard”. Papa India Charlie, Victoria tower, cleared to taxi to runway 13 with immediate takeoff”. “Roger that Papa India Charlie”. This is the type of conversations that pilots have with the ground and air traffic controllers prior to taking off each time. Approaching and landing at a controlled airport is pretty much the same. The pilot notifies the tower they are approaching, and the tower controller will direct the pilot to the active runway. Along with that simple but very important information, the pilot also receives wind, temperature and pressure information, all very important to setting gauges within the airplane. After climbing to over 10,000 feet above Victoria, British Columbia in the 1960’s Cessna 182 airplane, it was time to prepare for departure. Yes, to jump out of a perfectly good airplane! Dennis and his fellow sky diving buddies had travelled from Vancouver B.C to explore a new airspace. Just like any other sport, the athletes always strive to venture to new locations and see new sights. Also being a scuba diver, Dennis had some serious planning for this adventurous weekend. Travelling below the waters surface causes increased pressures on the body, causing nitrogen to build up within the blood from breathing compressed gas in the scuba tank. The reverse happens with skydiving. Going to altitudes above sea level decrease pressures on the body. Having nitrogen bubbles in the blood from scuba diving and then skydiving within 24 hours, could be fatal, so as said, Dennis had some planning to do. Fortunately, climbing to 10,000 feet above ground/sea level came before scuba. Coming up on his 69th sky dive, Dennis had some very experienced friends to jump with. Jim in the black suite you see at the beginning has a few hundred jumps. Bruce whom gives Dennis a very well deserved LOW FIVE after landing, has a mere 2000 plus jumps, hence the landing he performs. The thrill of stepping outside a moving aircraft raises the heart rate considerably and gets the adrenaline flowing, no doubt at all. Falling at 125 mph, closing in on the magic number of 4000’, Dennis starts planning to deploy his parachute. As you will see, this is quite an intense few seconds waiting for the chute to open wide. Safety is the most important part of this sport. As you see, the skydivers wear snug fitting clothing along with helmets and eye protection. A small incident here can be death within seconds. What amazing views these guys got from 10,000 feet above the beautiful city of Victoria,British Columbia on Vancouver Island. Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia and is a short 2 hour ferry ride from Vancouver. If ever in the area, don’t miss out on exploring the beauty that Vancouver has with it’s beautiful mountains and ocean just minutes from the downtown core. Victoria also has beautiful ocean views, beaches and the amazingly beautiful parliament buildings in the downtown harbour that is Victoria. Hope you enjoy the amazing video footage Dennis caught all while enjoying one of his passions.