How did that landing go Tracy ? Hummmmmm ,
"brave young man jumps ..and damn near dies , into a field with plowed rows .....on and on ..."
Thats funny ,how I remember this effort at the time ! Did you actually hear you own leg snap ? god I hope not . feet together tuck and roll ,right ?
Myself ,I would crunch like a potato chip . Even if the chute opened fine , maybe a tandem jump sometime maybe ...proly not ...
As for lift and glide ratios , I dont think there's anything other than an angle of attack sort of 'lift' here ,I wonder how close they are to stalling ? Or if they've played with high speed stalls .
But that is just a matter of time proposition ! Norway Rocks Big Time !