For all you Jumpers out there
 

Seems alittle risky to me, is this normal for this type of flying

Definitely not normal... He was high on base to final and should have landed On the grass closer to the pickup point to minimize time on the ground.

Brazil.

It's not normal in the US, and not necessary, but not uncommon, either.

Someone I knew took a king air load full of jumpers whom I also knew into a lake in IMC one evening. I've seen all kinds of stupid actions on the part of jump pilots, in part because the culture breeds it. It's not necessary, nor typical of all jump operations.

That guy is my hero.

I have a relative who's been flying like that for 40+ years...he's that old, bold pilot who is not supposed to exist.

I know a lot of old, bold pilots; it's an occupational necessity with certain types of flying.

Not so with landing after dropping jumpers.

I did the late load at DeLand one evening, and the jump aircraft did that to me as I was landing; I got dinged up as the jump aircraft flew close enough to me, buzzing people on the ground while I was landing my canopy, that it affected my parachute canopy.

Shortly after that, the same pilot cut a jumper's legs off because he got too close, buzzing folks on the ground, and hit the jumper.

In the past 5 years I've known 4 guys who've limited out on the old and bold thing. Fly stupid long enough and you will die, hopefully you only take yourself out and not your passenger as two of the four that I knew did.

I have ground rules when I fly with him. He has mellowed with age a bit.

"there are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots.

Guys name is Joe Horta, look him up.