I was flying along, monitoring CTAFs and heard the following:
“Penn Ridge, Penn Ridge, use caution. Use caution. Multiple parachutes in the air near Penn Ridge. Use caution.”
Immediately thereafter, “Skydiving in progress over Brookhaven. Bombs Away!”
Followed by, “Cross Keys, Yay Hooray. Skydiving All Day. Please Stay Away!”
Then, me to New York Approach: “Are they dropping bodies over Gardner?”
Approach: “Huh? Say again.”
Approach obviously hadn’t been privy to any of the prior radio calls!
Daniel Spitzer
Piermont, New York
That is so lame.
Was in a Cessna 182 in Missouri at 7500 feet when the pilot received a call that two F-4s were coming across low near the DZ and we waited 15-20 minutes before being able to exit.