In at the very deep end

[expat]

An American soldier whose skydiving instructor died mid-jump says he owes his safe landing to watching how they do it on TV. Not the best introduction, but he did well

[Brando14100]

Beat me to it. Very interesting story.

8-)

[pepper_airborne]

Odd way of doing a first jump, i think the briefing for the jumped helped him more then what is shown on TV, and he indeed was lucky, those tandem shutes are pretty damn sensitive! Nonetheless, a impressive feet for only a single jump, he's lucky he didnt break anything on landing, i've seen tandem jumpers needing 2 catchers on the ground as to get the chute down .

[Mushroom_Farmer]

I saw that a few nights ago on the late news. It was luvky for him that he kept his cool.
(Personal embelishment)
Reporter: To what do you believe saved your life son?
Soldier: ARMY TRAINING SIR!