Hi Paul,
Interesting.... Yes, but again much better to know they are there. On one trip, heading home from way down south, I had to divert into unfamiliar territory and land due to my way being blocked by a massive thunderstorm. It was getting late, so as soon as it cleared a bit I took off again to head on home, but due to the divert and weather now had to pass fairly close to the west of a marked but not known jump field. In view of the weather I reasoned that no-one would be jumping, but put out blind calls on their frequency just in case and getting no reply continued en route. The first thing I noted was an aircraft dropping in steeply and landing on the field below and to my right. Next thing I knew parachutes were opening right in front of me. I literally had to stand my plane on the wing end in a left turn to avoid them and was praying no-one was still on the way down to the west of the others. I never want to get that close to a skydiver again - unless it's in the pub!
Hence my question to Esa.
Regards
Peter
